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Hello, I'm Julia. When I was growing up, my grandmother lived with us.  My favorite memories of her are when we were standing in the kitchen. Every Friday, I would wake up early to help her bake challah. She would say “Momala, watch, you add in the eggs one at a time and this is how it's done.” She would then make a well in the flour and one by one crack in an egg and add a little of the flour into the well with the bottom side of her hand. She would continue until the eggs were used and a nice dough was forming. She then added water, a little at a time using the shell of an egg. It was like magic as her hands moved quickly, this way and that; and if you didn’t watch closely you would end up missing the whole process because within a matter of seconds there was this beautiful, shiny, elastic and masterful dough.