The community is being invited to bake challah in the form of a key as part of the campaign to bring home the hostages held in Gaza.
There is a custom that the first challah after Pesach is formed in the shape of a key, as a prayer for the community’s success.
In the evening of May 2, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum is holding an event in north-west London for 133 women – corresponding to the number of hostages still being held – to create the key-shaped (shlissel) challah.
Nivi Feldman from the UK branch of the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said: “We would love to bring 133 women together so we can do the mitzvah of hafrashat challah (separating the challah), blessing for the return of each and every hostage individually. ”
She said that she hoped the key-shaped challah would be “the key to us successfully bringing everyone home.”
The event is being hosted by Shira Jackson from the Chief Rabbi’s Ma’ayan program and Tami Isaacs from Karma Bread.
To register, click here.
If you are unable to attend the event, but would like to bake a shlissel challah, you can upload a photo of your challah to social media with #bringthemhomenow #key2freedom #bake4freedom @BringHomeNow_UK #challah #tieayellowribbon
Click here for the challah recipe and explanation of the mitzvah and here for a list of the names of the hostages to keep in mind while you are baking
