High Holidays

Fresh brewed, locally roasted Ceremony Coffee

Each traveler contains approximately 8 cups of coffee (12 oz cups).

Serves 5-8 people.  Exact fruit includes varies based on season and availability.

This item is available for local pickup or delivery only.  To order this item with less than 24 hours notice, please call 202-234-9235 to confirm availability.

By far the best apple cake you’ll ever taste! Our Apple Cake is baked from scratch with the highest quality ingredients. Two layers of fresh apples are nestled in a light, fluffy, and super moist cake. It’s the perfect amount of sweetness! Enjoy our Apple Cake at your High Holidays celebration but we have a feeling you're going to want this cake year-round!

At the moment, there is a 2-day lead time for apple cakes.  In other words, if you add apple cake to your cart, the soonest you will be able to have your order picked up/shipped/delivered is in 2 days.

(kosher pareve)

Oh-so-gooey and oh-so-delicious! But don't take our word for it, try it for yourself, and you'll see what we mean.

Our cinnamon or chocolate babka is a rich, sweet, braided bread, swirled with premium Vietnamese cinnamon or imported Israeli chocolate spread.

Babka makes the perfect gift that everyone will love - you can't get better than babka!

At the moment, there is a 2-day lead time for babka.  In other words, if you add babka to your cart, the soonest you will be able to have your order picked up/shipped/delivered is in 2 days.

(kosher pareve & vegan)

*Please note there is a 10 day turnaround time for this handcrafted item.

This unique Challah Board was handcrafted in Annapolis, MD, from quality wood, a mix of Maple, Cherry, and Mahogany. The Hebrew words of Hamotzi (The blessing for the bread) are engraved on the board. In order to preserve the quality and beauty of the wood, it is finished with mineral oil and Candelilla Wax.

This Challah board is an excellent gift for weddings, Jewish holidays, anniversaries, housewarmings, or any occasion. 

Due to the nature of the wood, each board is unique and may have slight variations in color and grain from what is shown in the picture.

(Each item is handcrafted and will be ready in 10 days)

The size of the board is approximately 15.5” x 10” x 0.75”.

To clean the Challah board, wash it by hand with liquid soap, wipe it with a dry cloth and let it air-dry on its side. Periodically, recondition the board with mineral oil or cutting board oil. Do not submerge the board in water for a long time or place it in a dishwasher. Doing so will damage the board.

About the Artist:

Rafi Krigman is a retired engineer with a passion for woodcraft. He has a small wood shop in Annapolis, MD, where he spends time building Judaic wood craft items including, Challah boards, customized Chanukah Menorahs, and customized Purim noisemakers. He also makes children's toys and other personalized items commissioned by customers. Oh, and Rafi also happens to be Yael's father :-)

Please use this page to order challah for pickup/delivery/shipping on Thursdays.  We strongly recommend that you order in advance to increase the chances that you'll get one, and we thank you for your understanding if we are sold out. 

If you would like your challah on Fridays, please click here to learn about our Challah Subscriptions.

We bake challah fresh on Thursdays and Fridays.  We sometimes have a few challahs available for purchase on Friday without a subscription.  If we do, they will be made available for purchase on this page.  If you order challah for pickup on Saturday or Sunday, it will have been baked on Thursday and frozen the same day it was baked.

Why Our Challah

Made from scratch, our kosher challah is the perfect addition to your Shabbat dinner or any special occasion.  In the event you don't gobble it all down on the first day, turn it into Challah French Toast later!

We've done an embarrassing amount of taste-testing to make sure our challah is as good as it can possibly be.  We hope you love it as much as we do.

Choose from regular or jumbo sizes, in either plain, raisin, or vegan plain.  Regular size is a little less than a foot long.  Jumbo size is about 15 inches long and twice the overall size of a Regular challah.

Allergen Info

Our plain and raisin challah contains egg and honey, but does not contain dairy. Our vegan challah does not contain dairy, egg or honey. While none of our challah contains dairy and we use good cleaning practices between products, our challah is made on shared equipment with other products that may contain dairy. Please see more information about our ingredients and kosher certification. 

Made from scratch, our kosher challah is the perfect addition to your Shabbat dinner or any special occasion.  In the event you don't gobble it all down on the first day, turn it into Challah French Toast later!

We've done an embarrassing amount of taste-testing to make sure our challah is as good as it can possibly be.  We hope you love it as much as we do.

Choose from two sizes.  Regular size is a little less than a foot long.  Jumbo size challah is about 15 inches long and twice the overall size of a Regular challah.

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Challah Subscriptions

Why get a subscription?
- Guaranteed availability on Friday (without a subscription, you can only reserve challah for Thursday);
- Discounted pricing; and
- Time savings - no need to order online each week - we'll automatically reserve a challah for you!

How does it work?
- We'll add you to our challah reservation list every Friday for the duration of your subscription.
- Going out of town? Let us know by the end of day on Wednesday that you'd like to skip your challah that week and we'll extend your subscription.
- We offer pickup at our bakery (including complementary curbside pickup), local delivery, and nationwide shipping.

Allergy Info

Our plain and raisin challah contains egg and honey, but not does not contain dairy. Our vegan challah does not contain dairy, egg or honey. While none of our challah contains dairy and we use good cleaning practices between products, our challah is made on shared equipment with other products that may contain dairy. Please see more information about our ingredients and kosher certification.

Handcrafted Challah Board

This unique Challah Board was handcrafted in Annapolis, MD, from quality wood, a mix of Maple, Cherry, and Mahogany. The Hebrew words of Hamotzi (The blessing for the bread) are engraved on the board. In order to preserve the quality and beauty of the wood, it is finished with mineral oil and Candelilla Wax.

This Challah board is an excellent gift for weddings, Jewish holidays, anniversaries, housewarmings, or any occasion. 

Due to the nature of the wood, each board is unique and may have slight variations in color and grain from what is shown in the picture.

The size of the board is approximately 15.5” x 10” x 0.75”.

To clean the Challah board, wash it by hand with liquid soap, wipe it with a dry cloth and let it air-dry on its side. Periodically, recondition the board with mineral oil or cutting board oil. Do not submerge the board in water for a long time or place it in a dishwasher. Doing so will damage the board.

About the Artist:

Rafi Krigman is a retired engineer with a passion for woodcraft. He has a small wood shop in Annapolis, MD, where he spends time building Judaic wood craft items including, Challah boards, customized Chanukah Menorahs, and customized Purim noisemakers. He also makes children's toys and other personalized items commissioned by customers. Oh, and Rafi also happens to be Yael's father :-)

Our bagels are made from scratch, hand-rolled, and boiled right in our store— just like a bagel should be! We offer 6 flavors: plain, poppy, sesame, everything, onion, and salt.

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FAQ

Do your bagels contain dairy, egg, or honey?
No.  Our bagels are vegan.

Are your bagels gluten-free?
No.  Our bagels use hi-gluten flour.  We have tried to make a gluten-free bagel and have failed miserably each time.  The gluten is what gives bagels their chewy bagel-like consistency.

Why are all of your bagels a different shape?
We hand-roll our bagels.  This is what gives them their authentic, artisan look and taste.  If you're comparing our bagels to other places whose bagels all look exactly the same, their bagels were probably made by a machine (not hand-rolled).  In our opinion, a bagel that isn't hand-rolled isn't a real bagel.

What's on your Everything bagel?
Sesame, poppy, onion, garlic, salt

Do you make Cinnamon Raisin, Blueberry, Whole Wheat, or Pumpernickel bagels?
No.

Do I have to eat all the bagels the same day I get them?
No.  You can freeze them the same day you get them and enjoy them later.

What's the best way to reheat your bagels?
- Freeze the bagels you don’t eat today in a freezer bag (do not slice).
- Pre-heat oven (or set toaster oven) to 340°(F).
- Bake unsliced, frozen bagel for 12-14 minutes.
- Let bagel cool for a bit before slicing.
- Enjoy!

Ivy City Smokehouse premium smoked salmon.  Available in 3 sizes:

small (~4 oz)

medium (~8 oz)

large (~16 oz)

This item is available for local pickup or delivery only.

Ivy City Smokehouse whitefish salad.  Available in 2 sizes:
- small tub (~8 oz)
- large tub (~16 oz)

This item is available for local pickup or delivery only.

Ivy City Smokehouse salmon salad.  Available in 2 sizes:
- small tub (~8 oz)
- large tub (~16 oz)

This item is available for local pickup or delivery only.

small comes in a 2 oz container

large comes in an 8 oz container

Colors as of 11/11/2022:

Gluten-free & Vegan Birthday in Vanilla:  pink w/white loop drizzle

Gluten-free & Vegan Birthday in Chocolate:  chocolate w/pink loop drizzle

Gluten-free & Vegan Chocolate:  chocolate w/white loop drizzle

Even without the gluten, egg, and dairy, our Gluten-free & Vegan Cakepops are absolutely delicious!

We offer them in Birthday in Vanilla, Birthday in Chocolate, and Chocolate.  If you have a preference of flavor, we recommend that you order at least a few days in advance, as we don't always have every flavor available every day.

If you would like your cakepops in custom colors, please contact us.  Please note there is a minimum of 24 cakepops per custom color. 

Please note that our Gluten-free & Vegan Cakepops are made in the same facility as our other cakepops. If any contact with gluten, dairy, or egg could be detrimental, please do not consume our products.

The perfect combination of chocolate chip cookie and brownie, our chocolate chip cookie bars are pure deliciousness.

Ingredients

brown sugar, chocolate chips (cane sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter), gluten-free flour (rice flour, whole grain brown rice flour, whole sorghum flour, tapioca starch, potato starch, cellulose, xanthan gum, vitamin and mineral blend [calcium carbonate, niacinamide (vitamin b3), reduced iron, thiamin hydrochloride (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2)]), vegan butter (palm kernel and palm oil, water, sunflower oil, pea protein, sunflower lecithin, lactic acid, natural flavor, annatto (color), vitamin a palmitate), vegan egg (water, mung bean protein isolate, expeller-pressed canola oil, contains less than 2% of dehydrated onion, gellan gum, natural carrot extractives (color), natural flavors, natural turmeric extractives (color), potassium citrate, salt, soy lecithin, sugar, tapioca syrup, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, transglutaminase, nisin (preservative)), baking powder (monocalcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch (made from non-gm corn starch)), vanilla extract (vanilla bean extractives, water, alcohol, invert syrup, propylene glycol), salt (salt, calcium silicate (no iodide))

Allergy Info

Please note that our gluten-free and vegan products are made in the same facility as our other products.  Of course, we clean and sanitize our equipment and utensils between products and we do our best to avoid cross-contamination.  However, if incidental contact with gluten, dairy, or egg could be detrimental, please do NOT eat our products. For more allergy info, click here.

Our raspberry bars are the perfect balance of sweet, tart, and crumbly! We start with a shortbread crust, layer it with raspberry jam and fresh raspberry filling and top it off with scrumptious streusel.

**While this is a Passover-friendly product, it does contain rice flour, and is not certified Kosher for Passover.**

Ingredients

gluten-free flour (rice flour, whole grain brown rice flour, whole sorghum flour, tapioca starch, potato starch, cellulose, xanthan gum, vitamin and mineral blend [calcium carbonate, niacinamide (vitamin b3), reduced iron, thiamin hydrochloride (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2)]), vegan butter (palm kernel and palm oil, water, sunflower oil, pea protein, sunflower lecithin, lactic acid, natural flavor, annatto (color), vitamin a palmitate), raspberry preserves (red raspberries, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, sugar, pectin, citric acid, potassium citrate), sugar, fresh raspberries, brown sugar, gluten-free oats (certified gluten free whole grain oats), salt (salt, calcium silicate (no iodide)), lemon juice (lemon juice from concentrate (water, lemon juice concentrate), sodium benzoate, lemon oil)

Allergy Info

Please note that our gluten-free and vegan products are made in the same facility as our other products. Of course, we clean and sanitize our equipment and utensils between products and we do our best to avoid cross-contamination. However, if incidental contact with gluten, dairy, or egg could be detrimental, please do NOT eat our products. For more allergy info, click here.

**Please order gluten-free black & white cookies at least one day in advance.**

Our take on the classic black-and-white cookie: a soft, cake-like shortbread cookie iced with vanilla on one half and chocolate on the other. The soft cookie complemented with the smooth vanilla and chocolate icings create a sweet melt-in-your-mouth experience that you'll want to repeat once you've devoured both halves. Our gluten-free version & vegan is just as tasty but without the gluten, dairy, and egg!

Please note that our gluten-free and vegan products are made in the same facility as our other products. If incidental contact with gluten, dairy, or egg could be detrimental, please do NOT eat any of our black & white cookies.

Custom writing also available for advance orders. Pricing varies.

**While this is a Passover-friendly product, it does contain rice flour and soy, and is not certified Kosher for Passover.**

34-week challah subscription. Available for pickup on Thursdays at the Pozez JCC in Fairfax, VA. Baked by Yael will donate a portion of each challah subscription sale to the Pozez JCC.

Pickup Dates:

2025: 9/18, 9/25, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 12/4, 12/11, 12/18

2026: 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 2/12, 2/19, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/28, 6/4, 6/11, 6/18, 6/25

No Challah on 10/2, 11/27, 12/25, 1/1, 4/2, 4/9, 5/21

Why Our Challah

Made from scratch, our kosher challah is the perfect addition to your Shabbat dinner or any special occasion.  In the event you don't gobble it all down on the first day, turn it into Challah French Toast later!

We've done an embarrassing amount of taste-testing to make sure our challah is as good as it can possibly be.  We hope you love it as much as we do.

Choose from regular or jumbo sizes, in either plain, raisin, or vegan plain.  Regular size is a little less than a foot long.  Jumbo size is about 15 inches long and twice the overall size of a Regular challah.

Allergen Info

Our plain and raisin challah contains egg and honey, but does not contain dairy. Our vegan challah does not contain dairy, egg or honey. While none of our challah contains dairy and we use good cleaning practices between products, our challah is made on shared equipment with other products that may contain dairy. Please see more information about our ingredients and kosher certification.