Challah for Shabbat – yum!

Braiding the challah.There is nothing quite as delicious as a freshly baked challah on Shabbat. If the bread has been kneaded and braided and glazed with egg by the eager hands of young children, it seems to taste even better.

On a recent Friday afternoon in July, Laurie Kaufman, of Congregation Beth David in Narragansett, hosted a special afternoon for families in the community.

After gathering outside to hear the story of Sammy Spider’s First Shabbat, everyone moved into the kitchen, which had been transformed into a bakery! Assisted by loving grown-ups, the kids enthusiastically prepared the bread, then ran outside to play while it was in the oven.

According to all reports, the challah was, in fact, delicious!

STEPHANIE MANILOW is a member of Congregation Beth David.