Shlissel Challah: Serious Segulah or Pagan Piffle?
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On the Shabbos following Pesach, there is a custom of some to bake "Shlissel Challah" - challah with the design of a key, or challah with a real key actually baked into it. It is alleged to be a segulah for parnassah (sustenance). Needless to say, this is not exactly consistent with the rationalist approach to Judaism.
Shlissel Challah: Serious Segulah or Pagan Piffle?
Shlissel Challah: Serious Segulah or Pagan…
Shlissel Challah: Serious Segulah or Pagan Piffle?
On the Shabbos following Pesach, there is a custom of some to bake "Shlissel Challah" - challah with the design of a key, or challah with a real key actually baked into it. It is alleged to be a segulah for parnassah (sustenance). Needless to say, this is not exactly consistent with the rationalist approach to Judaism.