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

[Saul Guberman]

>  At 11:26 AM 12/19/2011, Micha Berger wrote:
>
> Do you celebrate Carnivale on the 15th of Adar? Or did your children
> not wear costumes?
>
>

> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 11:47, Prof. Levine <llevine at stevens.edu> wrote:
>
> I must admit that you have lost me in much of what you wrote.
>
>     [ nipped]


> 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
>

Are Frankfurt Jews the only ones allowed to create minhagim?

RMB's reference above was to the origin of costumes for Purim.  There is a
case to be made that it was borrowed from carnivale.

Saul
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