The challah loaf is usually braided, except for Rosh Hashanah, or Jewish New Year, when it is shaped into a round dome, symbolizing the continuity of the new year, with no beginning and no end.

A good loaf of challah is tender, pillowy and slightly sweet ... Now cross the left rope over the new middle rope and lay it between the 2. Repeat the braiding until you reach the ends of the ...