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Baking Time

February 6th, 2009

Continuing on the theme of making time, I thought I’d share the beautiful braided challah I made last week at a challah baking workshop.

I used quite a bit of dough to make that braided beauty, but she was easily the belle of that workshop, everyone stopping to say how lovely she was.

The most beautiful part, though, was actually making the dough. Besides the blessings and the symbolism, it was getting my hands in there and mixing all the ingredients to make the dough that got me in touch with something so natural and so free.

It was an amazing release. I thought of nothing else while we were making and shaping the dough, because I was so present in those moments.

You can make time for something, but if you’re not present, it’s not worth much.

Though I’m not a religious person, I do consider myself spiritual. I can appreciate a practice, even if I don’t follow it according to custom. Shabbat (in Hebrew), or Sabbath (in English) is all about making time for tranquility, contemplation, and most importantly, gratitude… And best of all, it’s celebrating with family and friends.

I hope you all set aside some time for yourselves and your loved ones to celebrate your lives together.

Shabbat Shalom! (Good Sabbath)

–Sue

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