by Editor Shabbat is our favorite day of the week. We set the table as if for a Queen, with special dishes, silverware, and kiddush cups, candlesticks and luxurious foods. Guests arrive, work is forgotten, the singing begins. Add a splash of ruby red wine and a hunk of buttery, warm challah and you know why our Tradition refers to the Day of Rest as 'a taste of redemption.
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The Secret Life of Challah by Alon Kaplan Most of us know the joy of
tearing off a soft, sweet handful of delicious challah - the Jewish
wonder bread - but how many of us know the dark, mysterious past of the
Queen of Loaves?
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