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Challah Videos

Do-It-Yourself Taking Challah
How to separate challah from dough
Simple-to-follow instructions on the mitzvah of separating the “challah” portion from a batch of dough.
Kneading G-d in Creation
A Taste of Text—Shelach
Why the mitzvah of separating challah is integral to bringing G‑d into our lives.
How to Separate Challah
Watch how it’s done!
When making challah for Shabbat, there’s a special tradition to do the mitzvah of separating a small piece of ‘challah’. Watch how it’s done.
The Woman’s Three Special Mitzvot
17 Sivan, 5740 • June 1, 1980
There are three fundamental mitzvot entrusted to every Jewish woman. Separating challah “from the first of your dough” shows that before benefiting from anything in this world, we “set aside an offering for G‑d.” By knowing that the beginning of everything is for G‑d, the entire home becomes a dwelling place for Him.
When Does Jewish Education Begin?
Something Spiritual on Parshat Shelach
An alternate reading into the Torah’s words related to the mitzvah of separating challah provides instruction on when to begin educating our youth in yiddishkeit.
Daily Mitzvah, Day 141: The The Dough Offering (Challah) & the Priestly Portion of Meat and Fleece
Study the daily lesson of Sefer HaMitzvos for day 141 with Rabbi Mendel Kaplan, where he teaches the mitzvah in-depth with added insight and detail.
How Challah Keeps Our Faith Alive
Learning Likutei Sichos vol. 18, Shelach sicha 5
The mitzvah of separating Challah, biblically has no specified amount, yet the Sages identify how much challah to give the Kohen. This all becomes clearer with understanding the deeper connection between taking Challah and rejecting idolatry.
Our 613: Day 141
Video | 6:32
Our 613: Day 141
Women Learn Sefer HaMitzvot
Mega Challah Bake
Video | 1:30:00
Mega Challah Bake
Over a thousand women unite to knead, braid and pray.
An evening of inspiration, prayer and unity, as more than a 1000 Jewish women in Montreal, Canada join together to share and celebrate the special tradition of challah.
Challah Baking - Part 1
Making the Dough
How to make your own perfect challah dough from scratch. We then knead the dough, separate the “consecrated portion,” and leave the dough to rise.
Women and Challah
Video | 31:05
Women and Challah
Women in Jewish religious life
The mitzvah of separating the consecrated “challah” portion from dough is a symbol for a woman’s influence on the kashrut of the Jewish home.
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