guide me with hafrashas/t challah

amother

Fri, Apr 23 2010, 4:04 am

Ok I'm not sure I know how to do this right. Some questions I can think of now are:

1. When do I take off the dough
2. How much do I take off?
3. What to do with it?
4. When do I say the beracha? before taking off, during after..?
5. IS there anything else to say with it?
6. Anything else you can think of...

Thanks tons! please respond soon.. I'm almost ready for this

ROFL

Fri, Apr 23 2010, 5:19 am

I take challah after the dough has risen once. I take a bit larger than an olive. (Kazais). About the size of a walnut. I say a bracha as I pull off the dough. I put it in a small piece aluminum foil and the straight into my oven which is warming up to bake my challah. You can say a personal tefilla at this time (the time I am putting in foil etc). My dough continues to rise for about 20 minutes and then I shape it and let rise again. I take the challah out it is nice and burned at this point and deposit in the garbage. It is covered with aluminum so I was told it was ok
I put in the challlah into oven and my house smells like shabbat. Gevaldik Smile