https://pitaetchocolat.com/en/tags/rosh-hashana/Recent content in Rosh Hashana on Pita & ChocolatHugoen-USTue, 08 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0200https://pitaetchocolat.com/en/ebooks/challah-braiding-cards/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0200https://pitaetchocolat.com/en/ebooks/challah-braiding-cards/<p>The <a href="https://pitaetchocolat.com/en/recipes/how-to-braid-challah/">animated braiding guide</a> is free, and will stay free. These cards are its paper version: the same content, printable, for those who prefer a sheet next to the worktop to a screen, and for those who want to <strong>support the blog</strong> with $6.</p> <p><strong>What&rsquo;s inside (21 pages, A4, prints fine on US Letter):</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>The seven habits</strong> of a beautiful braid, and a bit of history.</li> <li><strong>Nine braids, one page each</strong>: 3 strands (classic and from the middle), the twist, 4 strands (classic and flat), 5 strands, 6 strands (classic and flat), 8 strands. On each card: the mantra to say out loud, and one thumbnail per move showing the expected result with numbered strands.</li> <li><strong>Eleven festive shapes</strong>: round spiral challah, woven round, crown, knotted rolls, Torah scroll, wheat sheaf, key challah, apple, pomegranate, ladder, two-tier braid. Each with its drawn steps, tips and rising time.</li> <li><strong>The calendar</strong> of shapes by holiday, and <strong>troubleshooting</strong> (a braid that opens up, shrinking strands, one egg wash or two…).</li> </ul> <p>The cards are generated from the same animations as the guide: when a new braid is added to the guide, you get the new version for free.</p>https://pitaetchocolat.com/en/recipes/how-to-braid-challah/Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://pitaetchocolat.com/en/recipes/how-to-braid-challah/<p>Braiding is the part of making challah that everyone dreads, and that everyone ends up loving. Once the dough from <a href="https://pitaetchocolat.com/en/recipes/challah-braided-egg-bread/">my challah recipe</a> has risen and been divided, ten minutes of moves remain, always the same ones, and they decide how the bread will look on the Shabbat table.</p> <p>This page is meant to be open <strong>while</strong> you braid, hands in the flour: every braid and every festive shape builds itself in front of you, step by step, and the <strong>kitchen mode</strong> reads each move aloud. Say “next” and the animation carries on, without touching the screen. Strands are always numbered from left to right and renumbered after every move: that is the only convention to remember.</p>