Questions related to the Commandment to remove a piece of dough when baking
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Challah dough that loses its amount
A theoretical question:
Someone was making a dough and in the process a large piece fell out from the mixture onto the floor. They had made exactly the right amount in order to take challah with a ...
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May one sell challah to a gentile?
Consider the following scenario.
A person left his home in Eretz Yisrael to go to Chutz L'Aretz for Pesach. He remembered before the zman issur in Chutz L'Aretz that there was a piece of challah ...
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What happens if you cook something with your hafrashas challah?
I recall being taught that when one separates "challah" the separated piece, which may be destroyed by cooking it until it is inedible in the oven, should be cooked alone. What is the status of food ...
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Do you take challah from something that will be deep fried?
If the requisite amount of dough is made that would require taking challah if it were baked in the oven, should one take off challah with a bracha if she intends to deep fry the dough instead?
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Is tevel dough muktzah on yom tov?
If one baked bread on yom tov in Eretz Yisroel (from dough kneaded prior to Yom Tov) and relized when the bread was still in the oven that he forgot to take off challah, must the bread then be ...
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Is throwing out challah you were mafrish a violation of bal tashchit?
I'm probably missing something rather simple but a cursory check has not given me a suitable answer -- when someone bakes challah and takes that chunk out to be put aside for a kohen, because the ...
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Burning the Challah portion
What is a practical way of burning the Challah portion that is removed from dough? Wrapping it in foil and leaving it in the oven would produce too much smoke for my house.
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Must I separate challah from pre-made dough?
If I buy ready-made bread dough or pizza dough, do I have to separate challah from it?
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Is there a minimum amount of dough to separate challah without a bracha?
I saw on this website http://www.secretofchallah.com/50708/When-to-separate-challah#opinions that one should not separate challah if using less than 8.5 cups or about 2 lbs. I know there are various ...
