What is Hafrashat Challah (separating challah)?

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Whenever preparing dough of more than 1.7 kg, a piece of dough is separated and a blessing is said

Hafrashat Challah: when making dough from any of the five grains (wheat, barley, spelt, oats, rye) using at least approximately 1.7 kg of flour, one must separate a small piece of dough and recite the blessing. In Temple times, this portion went to the Kohen; today it is burned. This mitzvah connects the Jewish kitchen to the Temple service and is traditionally one of three special mitzvot given to women.

What is Hafrashat Challah (separating challah)?

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