The Mitzvah of Challah: Bread Making and Sacred Eating
Jonathan Rubenstein
When preparing challah, traditional bakers separate a small piece of dough and say a b’racha (blessing) in commemoration of the biblical challah offering. In this class, while learning to bake a different bread each day, we will also look at the mitzvah of separating the challah and related practices and texts, and explore their meaning in terms of what we eat and how we eat it. On Friday we will bake the challot for the Institute’s Shabbat meals. No prior baking experience is necessary.
Jonathan Rubenstein serves as co-rabbi with his wife, Linda Motzkin, of Temple Sinai in Saratoga Springs, NY, and is a grief counselor and Director of Pastoral Care at Four Winds – Saratoga, a private psychiatric hospital. He is also a baker and baking teacher and the founder of Slice of Heaven Breads, a non-profit, volunteer, charitable bakery operated out of Temple Sinai.
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- Spiritual and Religious Life
- History and Culture
- Extended Format
- Contemporary Issues
- Suitable for Families
- Morning Course
