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View or download the Hey Class play (click to open or right-click to download. If you still can't open one of these, let Steve know.): Here is a poem that students in our Gan/Alef class wrote about Sarah...
Making Challah A GREAT FAMILY ACTIVITY: Recently, children in our religious school held a Sunday Fun Day and spent the morning doing various activities, from playing games to singing songs to molding Havdallah candles to making Challah. Here is the recipe they used:
This recipe makes three normal-sized loaves. CHILD WITH ADULT: In a small bowl, stir together the yeast, 1 cup of the warm water, and the sugar. Set aside for 10 minutes and make sure it bubbles (this is called proofing the yeast). CHILD: Beat 3 of the eggs with the honey. Add the remaining ½ cup warm water, oil, and salt. Add the yeast mixture, beating well. CHILD WITH ADULT: Using 5 cups of the flour, add 1 cup at a time to your mixture, beating well with a wooden spoon after each addition. The dough will be sticky. If raisins are used, add them now. CHILD WITH ADULT: Now add 2 more cups of flour, beating well with a wooden spoon until the dough leaves the sides of the bowl. Shake an additional 2 cups flour onto your work surface and knead the dough until almost all the flour is absorbed into it. Return it to the bowl. Cover with a towel and let rise for 1-2 hours, until it looks like it has grown to almost twice its size.
CHILD: When the dough has risen, punch it down. This means just that -- hit the dough with your very clean fist. ADULT: Divide the dough into 3 equal parts, and divide each part into 3 again for braiding. CHILD: Roll the dough into long ropes. Braid 3 together, as you would hair. Press down the ends. Leave the loaf long, or push the ends together in a circle. Place the loaves on the greased baking sheet or 9-inch round pans. Cover with a towel and let rise about 30 minutes more, until it is again almost twice its size. ADULT: Preheat oven to 350º. CHILD: Brush the loaves with the remaining egg mixed with a little water. Sprinkle with sesame and/or poppy seeds. ADULT: Bake for 25 minutes, or until golden. Before the Challah is eaten a prayer is always recited over it. In the Friday night blessing ritual, the bread symbolizes all the food that comes from the Earth. The blessing is: Baruch atah Adonai eloheinu melech ha-olam, hamotzi lehem min ha-aretz. Blessed art Thou, O Lord our G-d, King of the Universe, who bringest forth bread from the earth.
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