The Challah Shoppe Portland

09/04/2025

We'll be at Yarmouth Farmers' Market in Yarmouth, Maine today with fresh, delicious Challah!!

This week's special: Herbes de Provence

In front of Yarmouth Town Hall
3-6 PM

09/04/2025

We'll be at Yarmouth Farmers' Market in Yarmouth, Maine again today at 3-6 PM with delicious, fresh Challah!

This week's special is Herbes de Provence!!

In front of Yarmouth Town Hall
3-6 PM

06/11/2025

THIS Thursday!
You’ll find us over at Yarmouth Farmers Market! Runnn and get some while supplies last! 😋

10/20/2024

And we're bringing the Sukkah Mobile!! 🍋🌿

10/11/2024

Gmar Chatima Tova!!
(May you all be sealed for a good good year 🤍)
Posting this sweater as a hope that this year we will be not just surviving but ALIVE and thriving as a nation.
A sweet and successful year to you all!! 🤗❤️

09/19/2024

The Challah Shoppe is BACK at Scarborough Farmers' Market !!!

Special Round Rosh Hashanah Challah with unique flavors and toppings, including the traditional Raisin 😋

05/31/2024

Find out all of Hindy's Babka making secrets 😋 or at least some of them 😉!

04/18/2024

Rabbi Levi in the Press Herald!

Connection, both to our ancestors and with others around the world, is a powerful tool in the fight against loneliness and depression.

03/05/2024

Halva, chocolate spread, date paste, shakshuka, falafel...
all in a hamantash!!
Come try some Israeli-inspired Hamantashen, sweet and savory!

02/23/2024

In regular years, the 14th of Adar is Purim, the festival that celebrates the salvation of the Jewish people from Haman's evil decree in the year 3405 from creation (356 BCE). In a leap year -- which has two Adars -- Purim is celebrated in Adar II, and the 14th of Adar I is designated as Purim Kattan, the "Little Purim."

What do we do on Purim Katan? We don’t read the megillah, nor is there any special mitzvah to send food portions to friends or give gifts to the poor, as is the case on Purim proper. The Shulchan Aruch cites an opinion that one should increase in festivity and joy, but rules that there is no halachic obligation to do so. “Nevertheless,” the Shulchan Aruch continues, “a person should increase somewhat in festivity, in order to fulfill his duty according to the opinion that it is obligatory.” By way of explanation, it concludes with the above quote from Proverbs: “One who is of good heart is festive always.”

Joy and festivity are always desirable; so, if an opportunity presents itself in the form of a day that might have been Purim—the most joyous day of the year—one should certainly rejoice and celebrate!

Wishing you all a Joyous Purim Kattan and a Shabbat Shalom!!
Light candles in Portland, ME tonight at 5:03 PM ✨

02/23/2024

THIS SUNDAY!!
Still time to get your tickets, although they're selling fast!

This event is a fundraiser for the neighborhood of Agamim in Ashkelon, Israel. The Peles family has been working around the clock to provide for the basic needs of this hard-hit community in the south of Israel, under near-constant rocket fire, and a significant portion of the proceeds will go towards their amazing work.

And it's a FANTASTIC play put on by the uber talented Vicki Summers !!

*There will be tight security*