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Sefer Mili D'chasiduta.
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Asher
OR, USA
June 26, 2012
Odd.. Why would any Hebrew/Israelite listen to a Naamathite ??? Reply
J. Papara
February 15, 2008
Hey, Sholomke! Be the Change you seek! Don't disregard the BIBLICAL prohibition! Feed the leftover bread to birds, or your neighbor's cat, or make a bread crust sandwich for your gardener! If you're lucky enough to have ducks in your neighborhood, take your kids to the pond and feed the ducks! Get creative, and be the change you seek! Reply
Anonymous
February 15, 2008
RE: Sholomke The Challah being eaten is eaten. The Challah being thrown out out of respect for the tradition is being thrown out, but it's not being wasted, because it's serving a useful purpose: eliciting blessing! Reply
Sholomke
February 15, 2008
that is true for the challa beign eaten. My question is regarding the (edible) endings which are being thrown out in respect to a tradition, seemingly disregarding the 'bal tashchis' BIBLICAL prohibition Reply
Anonymous
February 14, 2008
RE: Sholomke The bread isn't being wasted. It's being used as a means to elicit G-d's blessing! Reply
Sholomke
February 14, 2008
leaving food
How do you reconcile this with 'bal tashchis'. If the bread is not being eaten, ultimately, it is being wasted.
It would seem as though a biblical commandment is being rested, to accomodate a mere custom / myth.
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Anonymous
February 11, 2008
Source of Yehudah's Posnick's Comment Sefer Taamei Haminhagim, footnotes to section 176. Reply
Yehudah Posnick
Jerusalem, Israel
February 11, 2008
Not eating the ends of the challah In the book "Shemiras HaGuf v'HaNefesh", the author brings down this minhag as stemming from the fact that when something good comes into the world, the klipot (powers of impurity) wish to grasp onto it. The ends of the challah are the first that develop a crust, therefore there exists the possibility that the klipot have taken hold there. Thus the minhag to remove it. Reply
Eliezer Posner (author)
February 10, 2008
RE: Left over Challah There is no special custom. Just do whatever you do with any other left over food. Reply
Anonymous
February 10, 2008
Qestion: What should we do with the left-over challah? Reply
Eliezer Posner (author)
February 6, 2008
RE: Eliezer
I would like to point out that today even Kohanim cannot eat the lump of dough separated as challah.
For more about challah, check out our Challah Wizard.
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eliezer
February 6, 2008
disposing of the ends of the challah There is a mitzvah of taking "challah", from the batter of dough, which is the trumah that is given to the Kohen. In the event it was not taken by the baker, then before eating the challah one does so by cutting off a piece of the challah and disposes it. He disposes it because a non-kohen is not permitted to eat trumah. Reply
Eliezer Posner (author)
February 5, 2008
RE: Forgetfulness I also heard that if you eat the ends of the bread you will forget all your learning. However, Rabbi Yitzchak Yaakov Weiss writes that he does not know of any source for this idea (Minchas Yitzchak volume 9, 8:7). Reply
gershon m
ks
February 5, 2008
RE Zahava no it is not true Reply
Zahava
Melbourne, Victoria
February 5, 2008
I heard that if you eat the ends of your bread, you forget all your learning
is it true?
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Isn't there a custom among women to eat the ends, in order to merit a son? Is that true?
This is a custom that many have, but it's not universal, and some do eat the ends of the loaf.