Challah for Parashat Re'eh
The Shalosh Regalim.
Every week, Julie Seltzer, artist and Torah scribe, bakes a challah depicting an aspect of the week's Torah portion.
Do Passover...
וְעָשִׂיתָ פֶּסַח
And do Shavuot...
וְעָשִׂיתָ חַג שָׁבֻעוֹת
And do Sukkot...
חַג הַסֻּכּת תַּעֲשֶׂה
(Deuteronomy 16:1,10,13)
The challahs that you see depicted are: A piece of challah matzah (for Passover); a bundle of wheat (Shavuot harvest); a lulav and etrog (what we shake under the sukkah on Sukkot).
Julie Seltzer is a scribe, baker, and artist. She began creating challah art at the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center in Connecticut, where she lived until recently. Julie now resides in the Bay Area, where she is writing a torah scroll at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco.
