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A 35-foot challah in NYC aims to beat Guinness World Record

The lengthy loaf, made in collaboration by Jewish organisations as part of a Shabbat initiative, could break the 2019 record

By Eliana Jordan

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The 35 foot long challah was baked in a tunnel oven at David's Cookies in New Jersey. It was then loaded onto a wooden plank and transported to the Upper West Side where it was unveiled at a day school's Shabbat assembly. (JFNA/Vladimir Kolesnikov)
How Zabar’s became a New York Jewish institution without ever being kosher

How Zabar’s became a New York Jewish institution without ever being kosher

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Mural in Bushwick New York depicting two children embracing as they walk into the sunset

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Young Chasidim are said to have employed Mexican migrant labourers to dig underneath Chabad's Brooklyn HQ (Photo: Twitter)

Chabad tunnelers reportedly employed Mexican labourers to dig

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Hasidic rabbis gather for the annual group photo of the International Conference of Chabad Lubavitch Emissaries, in front of Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on November 20, 2022. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP) (Photo by YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images)

Chabad’s tunnel disagreement is part of a schism that goes back decades

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A still from the footage captured at Chabad Lubavitch HQ in New York City on 9 January 2023 shows a Hasidic man being apprehended by NYPD. The story has inspired both prejudicial and playful memes online. (Photo: screen capture via X/FrumTikTok)

The best memes of the Chabad New York tunnel incident

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10/05/2023, New York-Brooklyn, United States. Sukkot is a week-long Jewish holiday that celebrates the fall harvest. It is one of the most joyful festivals in Judaism, meant to bring families, friends, and communities together. The holiday also commemorates the 40 years that Jews spent in the desert after escaping slavery in Egypt. The Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters is located on Eastern Parkway in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York, in the United States. The building is the center of the Chabad-Lubavitch world movement and is considered by many to be an iconic site in Judaism. (Photo by Nikita Payusov / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by NIKITA PAYUSOV/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

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