Hi,
One may not separate challah at the flour stage, but one may separate flour and declare that it will become the challah tithe once the rest of the flour is made into dough.
(Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 227:1)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
Monday, April 19, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Preparing minimal quantities of dough
Hi,
We have learned that one is not obligated to separate challah from small quantities of dough.
Making deliberately small quantities [and compensating by baking more frequently] in order to avoid separating the dough tithe is prohibited. However, one who simply does not need more dough need not be concerned.
(Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 324:14; Shach Yoreh Deah 324:25)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
We have learned that one is not obligated to separate challah from small quantities of dough.
Making deliberately small quantities [and compensating by baking more frequently] in order to avoid separating the dough tithe is prohibited. However, one who simply does not need more dough need not be concerned.
(Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 324:14; Shach Yoreh Deah 324:25)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Minimum amounts of dough, to separate Challah
Hi,
One is only obligated to separate challah from a significant amount of dough, but there is some debate as to how we translate the talmudic measures of significance into our own measurement system.
For guidance on this, please see a rabbi. For background, you might read the Star-K's summary here.
(Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 324:2)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
One is only obligated to separate challah from a significant amount of dough, but there is some debate as to how we translate the talmudic measures of significance into our own measurement system.
For guidance on this, please see a rabbi. For background, you might read the Star-K's summary here.
(Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 324:2)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
Thursday, April 15, 2010
What requires challah?
Hi,
Only the five grains identified talmudically require separation of Challah. We normally identify those grains as Wheat, Barley, Rye, Oats and Spelt.
(Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 324:1)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
Only the five grains identified talmudically require separation of Challah. We normally identify those grains as Wheat, Barley, Rye, Oats and Spelt.
(Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 324:1)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Burning challah
Hi,
We have said that today the kohen does not eat the challah tithe, because of tumah [ritual contamination]. On the other hand, the owner of the dough is not permitted to benefit from that tithe. Therefore, the owner separates the challah and then burns it.
We may burn the challah tithe in a regular oven, but we don't do it while the rest of the dough is baking, to avoid any benefit that might come from having the extra dough in the oven.
(Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 322:5)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
We have said that today the kohen does not eat the challah tithe, because of tumah [ritual contamination]. On the other hand, the owner of the dough is not permitted to benefit from that tithe. Therefore, the owner separates the challah and then burns it.
We may burn the challah tithe in a regular oven, but we don't do it while the rest of the dough is baking, to avoid any benefit that might come from having the extra dough in the oven.
(Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 322:5)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
How much dough does one separate for Challah
Hi,
Biblically, no amount is specified for the Challah dough. The Sages stipulated that it should be 1/24 of the dough, or 1/48 for commercial bakers in order not to eliminate their livelihood.
As of today, due to ritual contamination (tumah), kohanim do not eat the challah. Therefore we revert to the biblical baseline; our practice is to separate just an olive-sized amount of dough.
(Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 322:1, 322:5)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
Biblically, no amount is specified for the Challah dough. The Sages stipulated that it should be 1/24 of the dough, or 1/48 for commercial bakers in order not to eliminate their livelihood.
As of today, due to ritual contamination (tumah), kohanim do not eat the challah. Therefore we revert to the biblical baseline; our practice is to separate just an olive-sized amount of dough.
(Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 322:1, 322:5)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
Monday, April 12, 2010
Separating Challah
Hi,
Today we begin a new set of laws: Separating Challah.
"Challah" is a biblical term for the piece of dough one separates when preparing bread. This piece of dough is supposed to be given to a kohen; only kohanim may eat it, and only when both the kohanim and the dough are tahor (pure from ritual contamination).
The biblical mitzvah applies specifically in Israel (see Bamidbar 15:17-21), but outside of Israel there is a rabbinic mitzvah to separate challah. Certain types of impurity only disqualify a kohen from eating the biblical challah, but for all practical purposes, no kohen today may eat biblical or rabbinic challah.
(Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 322:1, 2, 3, 5)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
Today we begin a new set of laws: Separating Challah.
"Challah" is a biblical term for the piece of dough one separates when preparing bread. This piece of dough is supposed to be given to a kohen; only kohanim may eat it, and only when both the kohanim and the dough are tahor (pure from ritual contamination).
The biblical mitzvah applies specifically in Israel (see Bamidbar 15:17-21), but outside of Israel there is a rabbinic mitzvah to separate challah. Certain types of impurity only disqualify a kohen from eating the biblical challah, but for all practical purposes, no kohen today may eat biblical or rabbinic challah.
(Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 322:1, 2, 3, 5)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
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