Jewish Festivals: Challa Not Separated before Festival
On Jewish festivals, you may not separate challa from loaves baked before the festival, as follows:
- In Eretz Yisrael, you may not eat bread from which challa was not separated if required (for more details, see Separating the Challa Portion and Challa Separation) until after the Jewish festival ends and you have separated the challa.
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Outside Eretz Yisrael, you may:
- Leave one loaf until after the Jewish festival,
- Eat as much as you want of the remaining loaves, and then
- Separate the challa from the loaf after havdala.
Note If the bread was baked on a Jewish festival, you may separate challa on the Jewish festival.
Note This is true even for loaves that came from dough of more than 2.5 lbs of flour.
Note This is true even for loaves that came from dough of more than 2.5 lbs of flour.
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