Almost 700 out of 1000 bowls are presently adorning the lobbies of the Mikvah and the Chabad Center in Natick. What is this all about? The Mega Challah Bake is now less than two weeks away and almost 20 Chabad Centers are involved in the planning and preparation for this magical event.
The Chabad Center in Natick and the Mei Menachem Western Well Mikvah next door have been a hub of activity in preparation for this event. Jewish law requires that new dishes be immersed in a mikvah before use.* Where does one go when dishes need to be immersed? Right here in Natick, we are blessed to have a stunning spa-like Mikvah which also features a separate dish mikvah. The Posner and Fogelman crews have spent many hours between transporting, pealing off labels, immersing in the mikvah, washing and drying the bowls which will be used by 1000 women at the Mega Challah Bake. In the next few days, we will still be doing more. If anyone wants to help with this, please let us know. But most important, if you haven't signed up yet for this amazing event, please do so right away - last year was all sold out.
Please let me know if you would like to sit at the tables with our group.
Sign up online at http://www.bostonchallah.com/.
Feel free to contact me at [email protected] if you would like to learn more about mikvah.
Wishing you well from the Western Well,
Chanie Fogelman
* To find out more about the observance of dish mikvah immersion, please click here.
POST SCRIPT 11/3/16: An additional 300 bowls were purchased and shipped to Chabad this week. Now there are well over 1000 bowls at the mikvah. A moving truck is arriving Tuesday morning to pick up all the bowls and deliver them to Moseley's on the Charles where the Mega Challah Bake is taking place.