Challah for Parashat Re’eh

Every week, Julie Seltzer, artist and Torah scribe, bakes a challah depicting an aspect of the week’s Torah portion.

Do Passover…

וְעָשִׂיתָ פֶּסַח

And do Shavuot…

וְעָשִׂיתָ חַג שָׁבֻעוֹת

And do Sukkot…

חַג הַסֻּכּת תַּעֲשֶׂה

(Deuteronomy 16:1,10,13)

The challahs that you see depicted are: A piece of challah matzah (for Passover); a bundle of wheat (Shavuot harvest); a lulav and etrog (what we shake under the sukkah on Sukkot).

challah

Pronounced: KHAH-luh, Origin: Hebrew, ceremonial bread eaten on Shabbat and Jewish holidays.

Torah

Pronunced: TORE-uh, Origin: Hebrew, the Five Books of Moses.