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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... BMH-BJ Synagogue in Denver was buzzing with energy Thursday evening as more than 700 Jewish women united to celebrate the Jewish day of rest together. The ...

This week was one of challah bakes. Communities around the world came together to mix ingredients, knead dough, and learn how to braid challah in complicated configurations. The incomparable and ...

When Chabad Tucson finds out that someone Jewish is moving to Tucson, they reach out and invite the person to Shabbat dinner at a rabbi’s house. Recently, Rabbi Yehuda Ceitlin made a call to welcome a ...

With Rosh Hashanah approaching, Jewish cooks everywhere are cutting and chopping, searing and sauteing. And towering over our festive holiday spread stands the majestic spiral challah, the centerpiece ...

SUFFERN – Five hundred voices murmured as one to bless the dough the women had just lovingly labored over. The women attending the fourth annual Rockland Mega Challah Bake on Monday evening at the ...

If your French toast is not made with challah bread, is it even worth eating? Every Friday night, my family usher’s in Shabbat by lighting candles, saying a blessing over the wine/grape juice and ...