Challah Bread with a Blessing

Challah is perhaps the quintessential Jewish bread. Lena, a writer, musician, and mother of three, has lived in Paris for many years and still makes this bread regularly. There’s a lot of meaning in how challah is shaped and baked, following a ritual steeped in ancient traditions. Lena says that when kneading the dough, you must make a bracha, a blessing in Hebrew. All three children helped Lena prepare the bread for this book, each