Chabad of Greenwich plans Mega Challah Bake ahead of Yom Kippur

Chabad of Greenwich is inviting women and girls across town to roll up their sleeves and braid dough together at its Annual Women's Mega Challah Bake on Wednesday, Sept. 16, at 6:30 p.m. at the Chabad Center for Jewish Life, 75 Mason Street.

The event falls during the Ten Days of Repentance between Rosh Hashanah (which ends Sept. 13) and Yom Kippur (Sept. 20), a period considered among the most spiritually significant on the Jewish calendar.

Chabad of Greenwich said the evening is designed to bring women of all ages together around a shared Jewish tradition, according to an announcement in the Greenwich Free Press. Participants will learn to bake and shape challah while exploring the significance of the mitzvah. The organization said it envisions the gathering as a multigenerational experience, bringing together mothers, daughters, grandmothers and friends.

Last year's Challah Bake drew more than 200 women and girls from across the greater Greenwich community, according to a Greenwich Free Press recap. At that event, long tables were set with ingredients, recipes, aprons and baking tools, and a guest speaker shared a personal story while participants waited for their dough to rise.

Chabad of Greenwich, led by Rabbi Yossi Deren and Maryashie Deren, operates out of the Mason Street center and runs programming that includes weekly Sabbath services, a preschool, Hebrew school, adult education classes and year-round community events, according to Patch.

The Sept. 16 event is open to women and girls ages 10 and older. Hors d'oeuvres and cocktails will be served. Registration is open at chabadgreenwich.org.

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