Women to Join the Global Shidduch Challah Bake

Thousands of Jewish women. One mitzvah. One heartfelt tefillah. One shared hope for every Jewish single waiting to build a home.

By Rivkah Groner

Each year, the Global Challah Bake reminds us of a profound truth: no matter where we live, every Jewish woman is part of one family.

Living in Australia, I am separated from many of my family and friends by thousands of kilometres. Yet, each year on Erev Shabbos Nachamu, the Friday closest to the Fifteenth of Av, when I prepare my challah, say the bracha, and perform the mitzvah of hafrashas challah, I don’t feel alone. I know that at that very moment, Jewish women across the world are performing the very same mitzvah. Together, we form an unbreakable chain stretching across continents, generations, and communities.

The Rebbe taught that every mitzvah has the power to bring more light into the world. When countless Jewish women perform the same mitzvah together, united with love for one another and with heartfelt tefillos on behalf of those waiting for their shidduch, that light is multiplied beyond measure. This is the true meaning of Ahavas Yisrael—many individuals, yet one heart.

With the dough in my hand, I begin to daven. One by one, I quietly say the names of my children, my friends’ children, and other precious young men and women waiting to find their shidduch. On this special Erev Shabbos, joining together with so many other women around the world, I feel as though I am whispering every name directly into Hashem’s ear.

It is impossible not to be moved by the knowledge that on this Erev Shabbos, women around the world are doing the same. Together, our tefillos rise as one. The oceans that separate us no longer matter. We are united by faith, by love, and by a mitzvah that has connected Jewish women since Sarah Imeinu first welcomed Shabbos into her home.

As we gather for the Global Challah Bake, may we strengthen our bond with one another and with Hashem. May our collective mitzvah and our united tefillos open channels of bracha for every Jewish home, bring joyful shidduchim to all those waiting, and hasten the day when the ultimate unity of the Jewish people will be revealed with the coming of Moshiach.

May it be now.

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Now It’s Your Turn.

This year, you too can be part of this extraordinary global movement of tefillah, unity, and hope.

How You Can Participate

Challah Bake International forms WhatsApp groups of 100 women. Before the bake, each participant receives a list of the submitted names of the singles from her group.

When separating challah in her own home, every woman reads through the names, keeping each one in mind during this powerful moment of tefillah.

At the same time, each participant strengthens two additional mitzvos by:

• Giving tzedakah.

• Taking on a hachlata either to light Shabbos candles or to encourage at least one other Jewish woman to light.

To complete the circle of these three special mitzvos, participants are encouraged to learn more about mikvah or donate to a mikvah of their choice—a meaningful segulah for those waiting for their shidduch and, ultimately, to build a home founded on Taharas HaMishpachah.

Participants will also have the opportunity to donate to Mikvah Mei Chaya Mushkah.

Hosting a Challah Bake?

Whether you’re baking on your own, hosting friends, leading a community gathering, or are a Shluchah organizing a local event, you can register and represent everyone participating with you.

Highlights

• IY”H, all submitted names will once again be read at the Ohel.

• Participants will receive an uplifting video message from Mrs. Manya Lazaroff (Texas, USA), inspiring us in the spirit of Torah, Tefillah, and Tzedakah.

• Those who register early will also receive daily inspirational Torah thoughts from:

Esther Sternberg – New York, USA
Keren Vardi – Jerusalem, Israel
Goldie Simpson – Johannesburg, South Africa
Simcha Azulay – São Paulo, Brazil
Sheina Caytak – Ottawa, Canada
Menucha Cooper – Melbourne, Australia
Sorah Shemtov – New York, USA
Risha Deutsch – Bucharest, Romania
Rivky Wilansky – Moscow, Russia

Last year’s testimonials and photos poured in from participants around the world expressing gratitude, inspiration, and the feeling of having been part of something truly holy.

This is your opportunity to experience that same feeling and join thousands of Jewish women in one mitzvah, one tefillah, and one heart.

JOIN NOW
Click here to register:
https://challahbakeinternational.com/sign-up

May all our tefillos, mitzvos, and ma’asim tovim be accepted and answered l’tovah b’karov!

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