Chalah הלכות חלה
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322Laws of Chalah – Chalah of the Land of Israel and Chalah Outside the LandSiman 322 · 11 seifim
- 1.It states in the Torah: "And it shall be,…
- 2.Some say the mitzvah of challah is not an…
- 3.The Torah obligated the separation of challah only in…
- 4.Even after the separation and the declaration of its…
- 5.Some say that a woman who is uncertain whether…
- 6.Challah is separated outside the Land of Israel by…
- 7.Regarding what the Torah states, "the first of your…
- 8.After the separation, the challah is burned in fire;…
- 9.However, if it is not possible to burn the…
- 10.A woman who separated challah and did not manage…
- 11.It is permitted to burn at night the challah…
323Whether Challah May Be Eaten, and the Law of Mixtures of ChallahSiman 323 · 3 seifim
- 1.At the time when the laws of ritual purity…
- 2.Challah separated from the dough, which then became mixed…
- 3.If challah was separated on the eve of Shabbat,…
324The Measure Obligating Challah, the Combining Species, and the Law of Exempt Bread Mixed with ObligatedSiman 324 · 4 seifim
- 1.It states in the Torah: "When you eat of…
- 2.Dough kneaded from rice flour, millet, and all types…
- 3.Dough that is a mixture of wheat flour and…
- 4.The five species of grain combine to create an…
+The Measure Obligating the Separation of ChallahThe Measure Obligating the Separation of Challah · 2 seifim
Read this siman →+The Law of Two Doughs Neither of Which Reaches the MeasureSiman 325 (continued) · 9 seifim
- 1.If one kneaded a dough that does not contain…
- 2.If small doughs were kneaded, none of which contains…
- 3.If each dough on its own contains the required…
- 4.Even if the two doughs are made with two…
- 5.If one covered the doughs or the loaves of…
- 6.Those who bake breads or cakes and place them…
- 7.A bakery that bakes cakes from doughs each containing…
- 8.Likewise, one who stores cakes in a single freezer…
- 9.Two doughs of the same species, one kneaded from…
326Combining DoughsSiman 326 · 3 seifim
- 1.It has already been explained that two doughs of…
- 2.The practice of women nowadays to knead a large…
- 3.A dough that contains the measure for the separation…
+Separating Challah from MatzahSeparating Challah from Matzah · 13 seifim
- 1.One should not knead a dough for Pesach larger…
- 2.As a first preference, even in baking matzot, it…
- 3.When baking matzot for Pesach, and after baking the…
- 4.If matzot were baked, and no individual dough contained…
- 5.If matzah was baked from a dough that contained…
- 6.If the matzot have already been wrapped in paper…
- 7.If the matzot, after being removed from the oven,…
- 8.Some have the custom that everyone who buys matzot…
- 9.When separating challah from the matzot, some say there…
- 10.One who forgot to separate challah from his shemurah…
- 11.A woman who lit candles and accepted Shabbat upon…
- 12.One who baked matzot also for others, and on…
- 13.Even though during the rest of the year the…
327When the Obligation to Separate Challah Takes Effect on the DoughSiman 327 · 5 seifim
- 1.One who separates his challah while it is still…
- 2.As a first preference, it is good to wait…
- 3.As a first preference, challah should be separated after…
- 4.A kashrut supervisor working in a bakery, who separates…
- 5.A kashrut supervisor working under supervision at a bread…
328The Law of the Blessing on Challah, and Who Is Fit to Separate ItSiman 328 · 21 seifim
- 1.Some women have the custom of giving a few…
- 2.Before separating challah, one blesses: "Blessed are You, Hashem…
- 3.Even though the blessings on mitzvot are recited standing,…
- 4.One who is not dressed on his entire body…
- 5.One who is in a filthy place with a…
- 6.Immediately after the blessing, one takes any small amount…
- 7.After the separation, one takes the separated portion and…
- 8.We have already explained above that, as a first…
- 9.Some have the custom of reciting, after separating challah,…
- 10.Some have the custom of kneading a dough on…
- 11.The mitzvah of separating challah is an obligation upon…
- 12.Even a woman who does not customarily bake bread…
- 13.Even though it was said that the mitzvah of…
- 14.Some say that if the husband preempted and snatched…
- 15.Challah is not separated without the permission of the…
- 16.If the owners appointed an agent to separate challah…
- 17.Some say that if the owner of the dough…
- 18.A minor boy or girl who transgressed and separated…
- 19.A woman who is not ritually pure separates challah…
- 20.A woman separating challah for the first time in…
- 21.When an agent is appointed to separate challah, the…
329Which Bread Is Obligated in ChallahSiman 329 · 9 seifim
- 1.It states in the Torah: "And it shall be,…
- 2.There is no obligation to separate challah except from…
- 3.Dough with a thick consistency, kneaded with the intention…
- 4.Dough with a soft, thin, and liquid consistency, such…
- 5.Cakes called "lekach," whose batter is very soft, should…
- 6.If one kneaded the dough with one of the…
- 7.As a first preference, one should not knead dough…
- 8.Therefore, one who kneads dough with milk, without water,…
- 9.One who kneads dough for a cake with water…
330The Law of a Non-Jew's Dough, Partners' Dough, and Ownerless DoughSiman 330 · 7 seifim
- 1.The dough of a non-Jew is exempt from challah,…
- 2.A non-Jew who separated challah from a Jew's dough…
- 3.A Jew's dough kneaded by a non-Jew is obligated…
- 4.A Jew who gave a non-Jew flour so that…
- 5.If a non-Jew gave dough as a gift to…
- 6.Dough belonging to partners is obligated in challah. But…
- 7.One who makes dough for animals and wild beasts…
+The Law of Separating Challah on Shabbat and Yom TovThe Law of Separating Challah on Shabbat and Yom Tov · 19 seifim
- 1.The Sages forbade separating challah on Shabbat, whether from…
- 2.Since it is forbidden to separate challah on Shabbat…
- 3.A woman who forgot to separate challah on the…
- 4.If the period of bein hashmashot has passed and…
- 5.It has already been explained above that a woman…
- 6.A woman who accepted Shabbat upon herself while it…
- 7.Some say that if challah was not separated before…
- 8.On the eve of Pesach falling on Shabbat, when…
- 9.One who kneads dough on Yom Tov may separate…
- 10.Dough kneaded on the eve of Yom Tov, from…
- 11.If the dough was kneaded on the eve of…
- 12.When kneading dough on Yom Tov and separating challah,…
- 13.Bread from which challah was not separated on the…
- 14.A woman who transgressed and separated challah on Yom…
- 15.One who happened to forget to separate challah from…
- 16.Some say that if one forgot to separate challah…
- 17.Frozen bread and other baked goods from which challah…
- 18.Some say it is possible to combine, for lechem…
- 19.Wheat grown in an unperforated pot, from which flour…