AYR: Challah for Shabbat Tonight Assets
Challah for
Shabbat Tonight
A joyful and delicious celebration of Jewish culture, intergenerational love, and, of course… challah!
Share hours of laughter and love with the young readers in your life with Challah for Shabbat Tonight. Whether you’re enjoying the book with your family at home or at your local library, school, synagogue, or challah-baking event, explore this page to find everything you need to get the most out of this charming and heartwarming picture book.
Challah for Shabbat Tonight
By Sara Holly Ackerman
Illustrated by Alona Millgram
This sweet, rhyming, beautifully illustrated picture book celebrates Jewish joy and intergenerational love as it follows a girl and her grandmother preparing for Shabbat dinner by baking traditional challah from scratch. Challah for Shabbat Tonight will warm readers’ hearts and fill their bellies as they celebrate Jewish joy, familial love, and kitchen magic.
A challah recipe is included in the back for those who want to bake along.
Song & Videos
Sing along with this charming tune inspired by the book as you wait for your challah dough to rise and bake. If you’re musically inclined, you can also download the lyrics and guitar chords to host your own group sing-along below!
If you’re planning to host a sing-along event in your community, use these helpful hand motions (performed by the book’s author and school librarian Sara Holly Ackerman!) to engage young readers and bakers!
Sing-Along Playlists
Gather your favorite young readers and sing along to these collections that celebrate Jewish culture, baking, and the joys of spending quality time with family!
Inspired by Challah for Shabbat Tonight, you can use this playlist to connect with your favorite young readers, cooks, bakers, and listeners as you spend quality time together making magic in the kitchen.
Inspired by Challah for Shabbat Tonight, you can use this playlist to connect with your favorite young readers, bakers, and listeners as you celebrate the Jewish holidays (or “challah-days”) together all year long!
Coloring Pages
Your little ones can now experience the joy of baking challah together in an interactive and colorful way.
Challah Recipe
Use this recipe (which is also included in the back of the book!) to bake challah with your little ones at home or host your own challah-baking event.
