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Parve
Easy
3 Hours, 30 Minutes
Diets 
I hope you enjoy the special satisfaction and spiritual elevation in the mitzvah of taking challah. WATCH this recipe in a step-by-step video at www.LadiesTalkshow.com, it’s called “Challah with Hatzalah!”
3 and 1/2 cups 110-degree water
2 tablespoons Gefen Yeast
5-pound bag flour plus additional 1 tablespoon, divided
1 and 1/2 cups sugar plus 1 additional tablespoon, divided
6 eggs plus additional for egg wash
1 cup oil
sesame seeds, for topping
Fill large measuring cup with warm water, one tablespoon of sugar, and one tablespoon flour.
Whisk in yeast, then cover with two pieces of tin foil (to remind you to take challah later).
Pour remaining flour and sugar into a huge bowl.
Crack eggs into a large measuring cup (inside the sink to avoid a mess).
Hold eggs up to the light to confirm no blood spots (if found, ask a rabbi or discard).
Add oil into the same cup.
Pour foamy yeast into the huge bowl and spin the bowl while you mix (or use a machine).
Soon pour in the egg and oil mixture and keep spinning the bowl and mixing.
Turn out onto the counter and knead three to eight minutes.
Spray oil into a huge bowl, place the dough inside, and spray the top.
Twist off an egg size piece of Challah and say: Baruch Atah Adonoi Elohainu Melech Haolam, Asher Kidshanu B’mitzvotav V’tzivanu L’hafrish Challah. (Blessed are You, L-rd our G‑d, King of the Universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us to separate challah.)
Then hold up that egg size piece and declare: Ha’reh Zo Challah (This is Challah).
Shape the challah into two thin flat pieces, burn in a gas flame with an old fork that you never use for food. Or double wrap very securely in the two pieces of foil you used to cover the yeast, and bake in an empty oven or toaster oven until completely black ashes.
Cover the dough with a towel and let rise for two to four hours.
Punch down the challah in the bowl, and turn out onto counter or board.
Cut the dough into eight pieces for large challahs, 12 for medium, and 60 for rolls.
Cut each piece into three to eight pieces, braid, egg, and sprinkle sesame seeds on top.
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