<div dir="ltr">I read recently that according to the Ari when the husband cuts challah on shabbat he should not<div>eat his piece before he cuts a piece for his wife and she should get a larger piece (the Ari lived before the days of diets -) )</div>
<div><br></div><div>According to SA all the pieces of challah should not be handed out but rather put in a dish in the center of the table (OC 267:18)</div><div>Nevertheless, in almost all the homes that I have been the host indeed hands out the challah. I believe that this also the practice of many rebbes to give the hamotzi bread directly to the people at the table. This includes the Rebbe from Lublin, , the Divrei Chaim of Sanz and his grandson the rebbe from Bobov.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The MB says not to throw the pieces of challah, however the ktav sofer did just that comparing it to animal parts on the altar<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Eli Turkel<br>
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