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# | # According to Ashkenazim, some say that the minhag is to remove Challah with a bracha when making a dough that is 5 pounds or more and remove Challah without a bracha when making dough that is 3 pounds or more. <Ref>[http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/777708/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Parsha_Shiur_-_Shelach_5772 Rabbi Hershel Schachter on yutorah.org] Parshat Shalach min 50</ref> Others say that the minhag of Yerushalyim is to take Challah off without a Bracha if the dough is 2.65 pounds (1200 grams) or more and to remove Challah with a Bracha if the dough is 3.67 pounds (1666 grams) or more. <ref> Halichot Shlomo (Moadim vol 2 pg 338 note 54) writes that this was the minhag in Rav Shlomo Zalman’s house and that of Yerushalyim. </ref> | ||
# According to Sephardim, one should take off Challah with a bracha when making a dough that is 3.44 pounds (1560 grams) or more and it is a pious practice to remove Challah without a bracha when making a dough that is 2.65 pounds (1200 grams) or more.<Ref>Yalkut Yosef YD 324:6</ref> | |||
# It is forbidden to intentionally make less than the minimum amount which would require one in removing Challah, however, if one only has a smaller dough then there is no concern of making less than the minimum amount which would require removing Challah.<Ref>Yalkut Yosef YD 324:7</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 12:25, 16 August 2012
- According to Ashkenazim, some say that the minhag is to remove Challah with a bracha when making a dough that is 5 pounds or more and remove Challah without a bracha when making dough that is 3 pounds or more. [1] Others say that the minhag of Yerushalyim is to take Challah off without a Bracha if the dough is 2.65 pounds (1200 grams) or more and to remove Challah with a Bracha if the dough is 3.67 pounds (1666 grams) or more. [2]
- According to Sephardim, one should take off Challah with a bracha when making a dough that is 3.44 pounds (1560 grams) or more and it is a pious practice to remove Challah without a bracha when making a dough that is 2.65 pounds (1200 grams) or more.[3]
- It is forbidden to intentionally make less than the minimum amount which would require one in removing Challah, however, if one only has a smaller dough then there is no concern of making less than the minimum amount which would require removing Challah.[4]
References
- ↑ Rabbi Hershel Schachter on yutorah.org Parshat Shalach min 50
- ↑ Halichot Shlomo (Moadim vol 2 pg 338 note 54) writes that this was the minhag in Rav Shlomo Zalman’s house and that of Yerushalyim.
- ↑ Yalkut Yosef YD 324:6
- ↑ Yalkut Yosef YD 324:7
