A group of New York Jewish organizations baked a 35-foot-long challah loaf last week in hopes of setting a new world record.
Challah is a braided bread traditionally served on Shabbat and other Jewish holidays, according to the website My Jewish Learning.
The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), headquartered in New York City, and the Orthodox Union have teamed up to break the record for the longest challah, JFNA told FOX News Digital on Wednesday.
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JFNA is an organization that “represents more than 400 independent Jewish communities,” its website states. We raise over $2 billion each year and distribute it to various charities.
According to JFNA, the operation was so large that it involved two bakeries in two states and an 18-wheeler truck.
A team of bakers at David Cookies in New Jersey carefully baked the 35-foot-long challah in a tunnel oven. (JFNA/Vladimir Kolesnikov)
Strauss Bakery in Brooklyn shaped and knitted more than 200 pounds of dough on Thursday, January 18, according to JFNA.
The unbaked bread was loaded onto a truck and taken to David's Cookies in New Jersey. The bakery had a “tunnel oven'' that could bake challah.
After being roasted, the challah was put back into the truck and taken to Rodef Shalom Day School, a school associated with Congregation Rodef Shalom, a synagogue in New York City.
It was announced there on Friday, Jan. 19, as part of a daylong Sabbath celebration at the school.
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JFDA told FOX News Digital that students at Rodef Shalom Day School ate challah.
The organization said a second “reserve” challah was given to “several Moishe houses.”
A student at a Jewish day school in New York City ingested challah. (JFNA/Vladimir Kolesnikov)
Moishe House “provides a vibrant Jewish community for young people by supporting leaders in their 20s to create meaningful at-home Jewish experiences for themselves and their peers,” the organization's website says. It is stated in.
This large-scale bread making was part of the “North American Sabbath of Love” created by JFNA.
Shabbat of Love is a nationwide celebration aimed at being “the largest Shabbat dinner celebration in North American history,” its website says.
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“Shabbat of Love aims to embrace as many Jews as possible, including the vast number of North American Jews who have never celebrated Shabbat before and are looking for a way to connect with their Jewish identity.” JFNA said in a report on January 17, 2024. press release.
The challah had to be carefully transported across state lines while it was being shaped and baked. (JFNA/Vladimir Kolesnikov)
“For Jews struggling to cope with the global rise in anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, the Sabbath is a much-needed day of peace, a day of dignity, and a day of connection not only to family and friends but also to Jewish people. It is also a day of reunion: all Jews,” JFNA said.
Chara was 35.2 feet tall, JFNA told FOX News Digital.
If this length is certified, Pan will set a new world record.
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The current record-holding chala loaf was baked in November 2019 by Grandma Moses Bakery in Sydney, Australia, according to the Shabbat Project Sydney Facebook page. .
The height of that pan was 32 feet.
If his attempt at the record is approved, the 35-foot-tall Charer will join an impressive lineup of giant bread records.
Two standard size challah loaves. The current world record is a bread that is 32 feet long. (Gado/Getty Images)
According to the Guinness World Records website, in July 2013, a man named Etienne Thériault baked a 16.71-meter (54.8-foot) piece of garlic bread at the École Ora Leger elementary school in Bertrand, New Brunswick.
Not to be outdone, an even longer bread record was set in November 2013.
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Italian company NIPFood's “Record Pizza Men” baked a gluten-free loaf measuring 190 feet 7 inches (58.10 meters) long.
According to the Guinness World Records website, the giant gluten-free loaf was created for the Gluten-Free Food Expo in Brescia, Italy.
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