From the Rav’s Desk: Hafrashas Challah on wheat and spelt doughs which were placed on same counter

Post Views: 395
* This article is an excerpt from the above Sefer
Shop Now

*As an Amazon Associate I earn from  qualifying purchases.

WhatsApp
Facebook
Twitter
Telegram
Sign up for Daily Distribution
Donate

Hafrashas Challah on wheat and spelt flour

  1. Question:

I made two batches of dough using different flours, one was wheat flour and the second was spelt, and each was less than 1000 grams. I am always careful to keep them separate and on different counters, so they don’t join for Shiur Challah. Now, my son went ahead and took the spelt dough and placed it on the counter with the wheat dough and I want to know if I have to now take off Challah.

Answer:

No, you do not need to separate Challah. The flours and doughs of two different species of flour cannot join for Shiur Challah unless one is not particular against having them mix. Thus, so long as you desire to have breads made of different species of flour the doughs do not join even if you intentionally place them in the same vessel in order to be able to do Hafrashas Challah. Even in such a case, you remain exempt from Hafrashas Challah so long as there is not Shiur Challah in any individual dough.

Sources: See Michaber Y.D. 326:1; Chalas Lechem 5:14; Hilchos Hafrashas Challah [Bruyer] p. 77-78

About The Author

Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein is a 6th generation descendent of the famous Chief Rabbi of Izhmir, Rav Yehoshua Avraham Krispin, who authored a number of Sefarim, and was a colleague of Rav Chaim Falagi, and father in-law of the Pesach Hadvir. He currently lives with his wife Shayna, and twelve children K”H, in Tzfas, Israel. Rabbi Goldstein received Semicha from Rabbi Schneur Zalman Labkowski of the Tomchei Temimim headquarters in 2005 and served as a chaplain in the Lotar/Kalatz and K9 unit of the IDF from years 2005-2008. He is also a certified Shochet, and has performed Hashgacha work in slaughterhouses. Rabbi Goldstein is the director of Shulchanaruchharav.com, the world’s leading web-based Halacha database, and is the director of the Home Study Semicha Program, a self-study web-based Semicha program. He is a prolific author of over 50 Sefarim studied by a wide range of readers throughout the world, which is used regularly in Semicha programs around the globe. He is a world renowned Posek, answering questions to a web-based market, and serves as a local Posek, Rav, and Lecturer, in the Tzemach Tzedek community Shul in Tzefas, Israel. His many classes can be heard both from his website, Vimeo and YouTube channel. Students can join live to classes given in the Tzemach Tzedek Shul, through the “בית חבד צפת Chabad Tsfat” YouTube channel.

Leave A Comment?

You must be logged in to post a comment.