Every Friday, when Yehudis Wolvovsky skillfully braids ropes of dough that will become a golden challah bread, she thinks of Sarah, the wife of Abraham. A holy woman, Sarah received three blessings: a ...

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Editor's Note: This post was originally published on Sept. 15, 2012. Challah is a rich, eggy bread baked every week for the Jewish sabbath, or shabbat. But for Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year that ...

Bread — shaping it, baking it, blessing it and sharing it — is part of almost every Jewish holiday. The bond among Jews, God and bread goes back to the first five books of the Bible: As the Israelites ...

Bread — shaping it, baking it, blessing it and sharing it — is part of almost every Jewish holiday. The bond among Jews, God and bread goes back to the first five books of the Bible: As the Israelites ...

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 Great Challah Bake Colorado — inspired by The ...

What do you get when you mix 180 eggs, five gallons of vegetable oil, 18 pounds of sugar, two pounds of salt, 120 pounds of flour, seven gallons of water and three pounds of yeast? What do you get ...

Editor’s note: In recent weeks, Dispatch reporters, along with photographer and videographer Doral Chenoweth III, fanned out across the metro area to spotlight the city’s diverse bread scene. What ...

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Challah is a rich, eggy bread baked every week for the Jewish sabbath, or shabbat. But for Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year that starts tomorrow at sundown, it gets a few tweaks. There's a little ...