In my decades as a congregational rabbi, I always knew it was time to order our challot for the season the moment I started drafting my five High Holiday sermons. I knew that there would be no time to ...

Most people know challah — a Jewish egg bread — as a braided loaf. But truth is, it can take on a variety of shapes. At Rosh Hashana, which starts Thursday, it often is formed into a spiral, which is ...

This article originally appeared on The Nosher. Challah baker Katharina Arrigoni lives in a town in northern Switzerland with 3,000 residents, none of whom — including Arrigoni – are Jewish. Entirely ...

Challah Guru Mandy Silverman’s extra Schlissely stuffed challah with gold sprinkles. Courtesy Mandylicious. Making a key-shaped challah or a challah with a key baked into it for the Shabbat following ...

We will be watching Shtissel. We will probably be frying schnitzel. And, on social media, we’ll be keeping a keen eye out for all the fabulous Shlissel Challahs. This first Shabbat after Passover is ...

For Rosh Hashana, challah, the braided oval bread that Jews break and share after lighting candles each Sabbath gets reworked into a spiral to call to mind the cycle of life. In this version, Alan ...