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One should have Lehem Mishneh by Seudas Shlishis and it is preferable to have Lehem Mishneh by any meal one has on Shabbos, even if he decides to have a fourth or fifth meal as well!
Shulhan Aruch, Orach Haim, Siman 291, S'if 4
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We never claimed that the recipe originated from the Terumas Hadeshen; that was the article author's own conclusion. What we said in the book was, "As early as the fifteenth century, it is recorded that every Friday evening the Austrian sage Rabbi Israel ben Petahiah Isserlein (1390-1460) welcomed Shabbes with “three fine hallot kneaded with eggs oil, and a ...
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The Tur (OC 271) here brings three reasons why we cover the challah.
1) To establish that the meal is coming because of the kiddush. The Talmud (Pesachim 100b) quotes a braita that says one shouldn't bring the "table" out until after kiddush because, according to the Shi'iltot (#54), we want to show that the kiddush is defining the meal. Tosafot there ...
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From Rabbi Torczyner:
• May I braid challah on Yom Tov?
This is actually more complex than it may sound. On the one hand, acts from kneading and onward in the bread-making process are permitted on Yom Tov. On the other hand, the reason we don't braid dough is because it is "construction", and construction is prohibited on Yom Tov. Indeed, Rav Shlomo ...
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Until recently I had no source for you other than a mimetic one: My mother (who is of Galician extraction) bakes the Challah on top of the house key.
Now I see in Ta'amei HaMinhagim that the custom is to make an indentation of the key in the Challah (ostensibly by pushing it into the dough and baking it that way).
The next page will also show some reasons.
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I've never heard of the salt representing a preservative. It is, primarily, to represent the salt used for Korbanoth, as the table is representative of the Mizbeaḥ. In fact, I once had a Rav who would specifically not use salt Friday night, as there are no Korbanoth that are meant to be brought on Friday night. Furthermore, according to this Minhag, the ...
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The minimum shiur to fulfill the mitzva of eating a seuda on Shabbos is a kezayis O Ch 271 MB [35].
That means that you must have one loaf of at least a kezayit. The second loaf comes for the (separate) obligation of lechem mishneh.
ADDITION:
The sources quoted by the Shmiras Shabbos Kehilchoso are:
Kaf Hachaim 274 sk 8 says that in בית מנוחה או׳ ...
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The Lubavitcher Rebbe (Sichos Kodesh 5741 vol 3. pg. 408) explains that the meaning of "טיבול" (dipping) here is in a liquid that necessitates washing hands prior such as the Karpas in salt-water, or the Marror in Charoses (that contains wine). However, dipping bread in dry salt is not considered "טיבול".
[In that talk, the Rebbe made reference to a Torah ...
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It says in Hayom Yom (22 Adar Aleph) that the Rebbe Rashab (5th Lubavitcher Rebbe, 1860-1920) said that one one is not required to eat bread by the third meal because the third time it says "hayom" (the three meals are derived from the three "hayom" mentioned in chumash) it says "Hayom lo" which means today no.
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Destruction of any object or food that is still usable falls under the catagory of Lo Sashchis (Rambam Melachim 6:10)
I sometimes leave the bread out until it stales and is no longer edible to the norm of society. Alternatively, I throw it in the garbage inside a bag so that the bread is preserved in its state.
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Challah:
Pros = oneg Shabbos, For sure a seuda as long as you eat a kizayis
Con = Hametz which causes stress for neurotic housewives on almost erev Pesah
Egg Matzoh:
Pro: Not Hametz and therefore does not cause stress for neurotic housewives on almost erev Pesah
Cons: Not really oneg Shabbos when compared to Challah (unless you have strange taste or ...
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In the back of the Minchat Shabbat (Shiyurei ha-Minchah 77:8), a commentary on the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, (mentioned in this answer) it says that an additional reason we cover the Challot is because we don't want to embarrass them by skipping over making a blessing on them in order to bless the wine first.
Based on this, he says that one should make sure ...
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I remember at an "in Shabbos" at Yeshivah Gedolah Ateres Mordechai in Detroit there being Hallah on the tables Friday night in just their see-through bags. Some boys took napkins and started covering them. Rav Leib Bakst ZT"L, the Rosh HaYeshivah, did not say anything until they reached his table. When they reached his table he said "What?! You're worried ...
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We can condense this into three questions:
When do we take the cover off of the challos?
There are 3 reasons for covering the challos. The first is to teach us sensitivity (interpretation of the Yerushalmi, alt. the cover makes the challah as if it isn't there). Per the pasuk on which our sages based the order of saying brachos, bread should have ...
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The question of Makah B'Patish comes into play regarding opening bottles, cans and packages on Shabbos. Even by these items there is a dispute amongst the Poskim whether this is allowed as it may already be a Kli prior to opening them or not allowed. Even among those that do not allow opening these on Shabbos there are those that hold if you immediately use ...
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There's the whole key-challah thing that's supposed to be a auspicious for making a living. See more about it here and here (summarizing from this mp3), including notable rabbis who think it's downright prohibited.
The baking segulah I'd heard was to bake your own challah for Shabbos rather than buying it, as a segulah for your children finding the right ...
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L'chatchilah, no, since the challos
can be seen. If no other cover is
available, such covers may be
used.(See Minchas Shabbos (Shiyurei
ha-Minchah 77:8), Tikunim u'Milluim
47, note 116 and Bris Olam, Kiddush
34.)
http://www.torah.org/advanced/weekly-halacha/5765/kisisa.html
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In my quick Google search on the same topic yesterday, I came across this article with sources:
http://asimplejew.blogspot.com/2007/04/guest-posting-by-talmid-shlissel.html
And then this article that argued against the minhag:
http://www.alfassa.com/shlissel_challah.pdf
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The more common version I have heard is that you put the key of your house in the challah. I have no idea of the source for this (my Litvishe ancestors and I view this custom with a mixture of bemusement and scorn). I found the following article that may shed some light on it:
http://www.torah.org/learning/yomtov/pesach/5761/vol7no04.html
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Curiouser wanted the Kabbalistic reason, so
R' Shneur Zalman of Liadi brings two reasons:
In Torah Or, he explains that according to Nigla, one should place the breads one on top of the other, since the source of nigla is Hishtalshelus (the G-dly revelation within the worlds coming down in an orderly and progressive manner [Or Yashar]), and placing the ...
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Right. Unless you do some maneuvering, the top challah would be the closest, and mitzvas are first-come-first-serve, so all times other than Friday night, you make the bracha on the top one.
As for Friday night: we focus on Shabbos vis-a-vis the creation of the world. Then the world was there; but it's passive, serving as a basis for history. Hence, ...
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I was told orally that the Noda Bihudah, if I recall correctly, defends those who have such a practice as we seek to make our tables similar to the Mizbeach, and the meat that was to be placed on the fire on the Mizbeach (altar) in the Temple was thrown (past a gap between the ramp and Mizbeach).
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Based on the information provided I think you really only have one option.
Ask the host if they have any plain bread. To avoid insulting the host, avoid eating any chocolate during the entire meal.
If they do not have any bread, then eat the rest of the meal, and be sure to say a bracha before each item.
When you get home, or leave, or you go back to ...
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Someone told me that his father taught him that in order to wash, the bread must be at least the size of an egg. I asked him for sources but he didn't have any, so neither do I.
But maybe someone here has heard this too.
From the English, volume 3 (not 2):
One should make a point of taking, for lechem mishneh, loaves which are each at least a ka-zayith ...
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I think you can just rely on it being hamotzi for many reasons:
It is a chidush of the shulchan aruch in the first place that the
category of pas haba b'kisnin is so broad, many rishonim would have
made hamotzi even on babka.
I didn't listen to the shiur, but I would guess that some might argue that
chocolate chip challah is not the same as babka since it ...
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There is a Machlokes whether the Man fell on Yom Tov or not. The Gra in Hilchos Pesach discusses whether there should be 2 or 3 Matzos on the Ka'ara. According to the Rif since you do not need Lechem Mishna on Yom Tov, therefore even after you break the Matza at Yachatz you can still make Hamotzi on the remaining 1 1/2 Matzohs. (Rabbi Moshe Feinstein Zatzal ...
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The mana fell each morning. This means that each morning's portion lasted for lunch and dinner in that order. So based on your logic, either we should use 2 loaves on Friday day and Friday night, or only on Saturday day and Saturday night. Both of these ideas are not mentioned anywhere I know of as the rule of 2 loaves is found only regarding Shabbat.
Thus, ...
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http://e.yeshiva.org.il/ask/?id=1485
The Challah we cut from represents the position of the Jewish people
(who are eating the challah). At night, we are below because HaShem
Who created the world is the active presence, (as emphasized in the
evening davening) while in the day, when we emphasize the receiving of
the Torah, the Jews are actively ...
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