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# 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> | # 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> | # 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> | ||
# The mitzva of Challah is particularly relevant for women.<Ref>Mishna Shabbat 2:6</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 17:33, 5 November 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]
- The mitzva of Challah is particularly relevant for women.[5]
