The Challah Board Basket

Rabbi Yohanan and Rabbi Eleazar both explain that as long as the Temple stood, the altar atoned for the people of Israel, but now a man's table atones for him. (Talmud Bavli - Berachot 55a) After the HaMotzi blessing is recited the head of the household slices the bread and distribute it to those at the table. The artist has created a unique challah board. A sterling silver basket with a stone cutting surface in its center serves as a challah cutting board and turns into a basket to pass around the cut challah. The sterling silver basket has two handles. When pulling down the handles the cutting bored surface rises to allow the challah to be cut. After the slicing is complete one pulls the handle back up and the cutting surface descends to the bottom creating a beautiful basket. Flanking the two sides of the top surface is the blessing, "HaMotzi Lechem Min Haaretz" (Blessed is He Who brings forth bread from the earth), and between them is a wheat motif. A floral design serves as walls for the basket. Four traditional legs complete the composition. Each work is signed and numbered by the artist and is available in a limited edition.  Size: Height: 10 cm Width: 26 cm Length: 46 cm Please note: This item is a custom order and will be ready to ship in 8-10 weeks from the time of order.