Two recipes for Hallah Traditional Hallah Download the recipe here …”eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart…” Ecclesiastes 9:7 You can make the dough on Thursday evening and leave to prove over night in the fridge. Then plait and bake on Friday. Makes 2 large loaves or 3 medium … Continue reading
Read about our local Nisa Nashim event – baking bread together. Scroll to the end to download the recipes. by Hana 21st January 2018 On a cold, rainy day, a group of Muslim and Jewish women and children gathered at Wimbledon Synagogue, excited to roll up our sleeves and get busy in the kitchen. The aim … Continue reading
by Liz Ison This Sunday at Heder the Barmitzvah class made “Biblical” hallah – hallah made with the seven Biblical species – in preparation for next Saturday’s festival of Tu B’shevat which also happens to be the first Batmitzvah of their year group. We made about 20 mini-hallot which were frozen ahead of next week. … Continue reading
ChallLiz Ison This recipe was inspired by a blog post on “The Nosher” and a 1938 Lithuanian Jewish cookbook written in Yiddish. First, the extraordinary cookbook, The Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook: originally published in the 1930s in Yiddish by Fania Lewando who was the owner of a vegetarian restaurant in Vilna, Lithuania, frequented by Marc Chagall, amongst others. … Continue reading
Lynne Sidkin ‘What should we do next?’ This was the question we asked ourselves at our first Wimshul Cooks meeting after the summer break. Following the reprint of our cookbook, we needed to agree on our next focus, apart from enjoying each other’s company and eating cake! We decided to build on our idea of … Continue reading
Here is a 5 minute film on the fun of making hallah for Shabbat on a Friday morning at Apples and Honey Nursery. Hope you enjoy it. And to download a free copy of “The Little Book of Hallah”, click here for the pdf (prints on A4 paper – select “booklet” printing option). The booklet … Continue reading
Or…Hallah made with the Seven Biblical Species (Find an updated and simplified recipe here and for more on the 7 species) By Liz Ison On Tu B’shevat, it has become traditional to eat the seven types of fruits and grains named in the Torah as the main produce of the land of Israel. In Biblical times … Continue reading
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