[Avodah] The Origins of the Non-Jewish Custom Of 'Shlissel Challah' (Key Bread) “The Loaf of Idolatry?”

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 10:58:23AM -0500, Prof. Levine wrote:
> See http://www.alfassa.com/bread.html  and the download there.

Do you celebrate Carnivale on the 15th of Adar? Or did your children
not wear costumes?

How about Wittmontag on the 6th and 7th of Sivan? We came up for clever
excuses to ignore the derabbanan of eating fleishig on yom tov, but you
think it's a coincidence?

Shlissel-challah was old in the days of R' AY Heschel, the Apter Rav. So
it significantly predates his birth of 1748. At what point do we say a
practice was substantiated by beis Yisrael despite its origin?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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