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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> | ==General Guidelines== | ||
# 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> | # The mitzvah of removing Challah is only Biblical in Israel and when majority of Bnei Yisrael reside in Israel. There is nonetheless a Rabbinic mitzvah of Challah outside Israel and in Israel when there is a minority of Bnei Yisrael in residence there. <reF>Rambam (Bikkurim 5:5-6) writes that The mitzvah of removing Challah is only Biblical in Israel and when majority of Bnei Yisrael reside in Israel. There is nonetheless a Rabbinic mitzvah of Challah outside Israel and in Israel when there is a minority of Bnei Yisrael in residence there. The Mitzvah of Challah is counted as one of the 613 mitzvot by the Rambam (Sefer HaMitzvot Asin #133) and Sefer HaChinuch (385).</ref> | ||
# Any dough made from the 5 grains is obligated in the mitzvah of Challah. <ref>Kitzur S"A 35:1</ref> | |||
==Who is obligated?== | |||
# The mitzvah of Challah applies to the owner of the challah who is baking the dough, whether that is a man or a woman. However, the woman has preference over a man in fulfilling this mitzvah as it is particularly relevant for women.<ref>Mishna (Shabbat 2:6), Yalkut Yosef YD 328:12</ref> | |||
==Amount of dough necessary== | |||
# 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>Kitzur S"A 35:1 writes that the amount necessary in order to be obligated in Challah is 43.2 [[KeBaytzim]].[http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/777708/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Parsha_Shiur_-_Shelach_5772 Rabbi Hershel Schachter on yutorah.org] (Shiur on Parshat Shalach, min 50) states that the Ashkenazic minhag is to remove Challah with a bracha if the dough is 5 pounds or more and without a bracha if the dough is 3 pounds or more.</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>However, some say that one should only remove Challah with a bracha for dough that is 5.29 pounds (2400 grams) and without a bracha for dough that is 3.67 pounds (1666 grams).<ref>Rav Modechai Eliyahu (comments on Kitzur S"A 35:2</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> | ||
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==Procedure of removing Challah== | |||
# The text of the Bracha upon removing Challah is "ברוך אתה ה, ' אלוקינו מלך העולם אשר קדשנו במצוותיו וצונו להפריש חלה". <ref>Kitzur S"A 35:1</ref> | |||
# After reciting the above Bracha one should remove a [[Kezayit]] of dough and burn it. The minhag is to burn the piece of dough in the same oven that the bread is baking.<ref>Kitzur S"A 35:1</ref> | |||
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