Schlissel Challah: A Warning Against Assimilation
by Ram ben Ze’ev Schlissel Challah: A Warning Against Assimilation Each year, in the weeks following פסח ( Pesach ), a peculiar tradition surfaces within some segments of the Jewish world: the baking of "Schlissel Challah" — a challah shaped like a key, or baked with a key inside, or pressed with a key imprint on its surface. This practice, marketed today as a סגולה ( segulah ; spiritual remedy) for פרנסה ( parnassah ; livelihood) and blessing, is not only misplaced but deeply problematic....
