Challah-Making Workshop

On Saturday, Nov. 21, Chalutzim hosted a challah-baking workshop. Participants learned how to make challah, a braided egg bread served on the Jewish Sabbath. The challah baked at the workshop was given to the local foods Thanksgiving meal held the next day.

This article appeared as a web extra for The Grinnell Magazine, Winter 2009.

One woman watches while another shows her the bowl with yeast in it.
Liz Reischmann and Brendy Peralta (both ’12) mix up the yeast. By Aaron Barker ’11
Bowl with spoon and foamy liquid in it, egg carton on the side.
Waiting for the yeast to bubble. By Aaron Barker ’11
Man stirs contents of a bowl while woman adds something from a measuring cup. Third person watches.
Melanie Rockoff, Aude Bouagnon, and Max Calenberg (all ’12) measuring and mixing. By Aaron Barker ’11
Three people working over two bowls of dough.
Andrew Marcum, Rebecca Hughes, and Meryl Spencer (all ’12) make the dough. By Aaron Barker ’11
Woman manipulates dough over a bowl.
Carla Eckland ’13 works with the challah dough. By Aaron Barker ’11
Woman cutting a ball of dough with kitchen shears. Man stands ready beside her.
Sophie Klein ’10 and Peter Macfarlane ’12 separate the dough before braiding. By Aaron Barker ’11
People surrounding a table with several strips of dough and a few balls ready for rolling.
Preparing to braid the challah. By Aaron Barker ’11
Three people ham for the camera in aprons next to a flour-covered table.
Peter Macfarlane ’12, Eric Miner ’11, and Allie Greenberg ’10 have fun as they get ready to braid the challah. Courtesy of Rebecca Heller ’11
Women line up rolls of dough to braid.
Erica Seltzer-Schultz ’12 and Sophie Klein ’10 braid the challah. By Aaron Barker ’11
Three loaves being braided, each with four rolls of dough.
Braiding the dough — students experiment with four braids. By Aaron Barker ’11
Two people braid dough while a third pats a completed loaf into shape.
Debbie Stein (Rabbi Stein’s wife) (far left) helps Peter Macfarlane ’12 and Katie Queen ’11 braid the challah. By Aaron Barker ’11
Woman bastes a raw loaf as another looks on.
Katie Hawley ’11 (left) and Lilith Ben-Or ’12 prepare the challah for baking. By Aaron Barker ’11
Woman holding a sheet pan with two cooked loaves of bread.
Emily Ullberg ’12 shows off the final product. Courtesy of Rebecca Heller ’11
Three women stand next to a sheet of cooked bread.
Emily Ullberg ’12, Rebecca Heller ’11, Allie Greenberg ’10 proudly display the finished challah. Courtesy of Rebecca Heller ’11
Several golden-brown loaves of Challah.
Beautiful (and delicious)! By Aaron Barker ’11

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