Did you know that if you make challah, you have to throw away a small ball sized portion of the dough before you bake the bread. I think that this small throw away portion is actually called "challah" from what I once read. I did not understand this idea until this morning. Here is my thought on this matter.
When you throw away a small amount of the challah, you are telling God that you did not bake the bread to feed yourself to excess and enjoy prosperity and wealth. You are saying that you made the bread to be holy. And thats why we have Challah. May all of your wives know this and bake the bread once in a while or more.
That said, Kosher wine has a practice of "tithing". Whereby a Jewish answer to the concern that wine is drunk to get drunk is that we throw away some of the wine in order to say that "we didn't make it to get drunk, we made it to be holy and spiritual." No drunk would throw away a portion of his ale. Its all for his drinking capacity. This is only true of Kosher wine though. You do not tithe to make beer. Beer is not used for religious ceremony, unless rooting for say the Mets is your best way to tell God that you love him. It is a love of God to root for your favorite team, mind you, but it is not a love of Torah as Torah is what we use to bring ourselves to the front of the class and ask for seconds from God. Sports are great, but they dont feed your need to be better in your own head. Just better on the battlefield. And the battlefield is a good place to dine once in a while, but you better drink you kiddush cup and enjoy the blessings of a trusted Soul in heaven. Thanks!
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