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

[Prof. Levine]

At 11:26 AM 12/19/2011, Micha Berger wrote:
>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?

I must admit that you have lost me in much of what you wrote.   My 
search for Carnivale comes up with http://tinyurl.com/7rd9yvg >:-}

I do eat fleishigs on Shavuous.  When I come home after davening 
k"Vo'Sikin, I eat milchigs.  Later we eat fleishigs.

To the best of my knowledge Shlissel Challah was something that was 
not done by non-Chassidic Jews until Yahadus became Chassidized.  I 
certainly never have had anything to do with it.  I am sure that it 
was not practices by RSRH's wife.

YL
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