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Food plays a critical role in many Jewish religious festivities, such as challah bread at weekly Shabbat services or holidays. Whether baked into two long braids or a round domed crown, this bread, ...

While many enjoy challah year-round, it’s a special part of the Rosh Hashanah celebration. We dip pieces of round challah, and apples, in honey for a sweet new year. “This holiday challah was inspired ...

At Rosh Hashanah, we eat foods symbolic of our hopes for the New Year– including a round challah, to symbolize life and a year of blessings without end, and apples and honey for a sweet year. But what ...