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WE KNEAD THIS: 8th Generation Teaneck Baker Shares Challah Recipe WE KNEAD THIS: 8th Generation Teaneck Baker Shares Challah Recipe
WE Knead This: 8th Generation Teaneck Baker Shares Challah Recipe Stick to the recipe, and you're "Goldin." That's hows Teaneck's Rivky Goldin says she learned. Baking has always been something the local mom has gravitated to.  So when she found out that seven generations of bakers in her family had come before her, she wasn't so surprised. The Montreal native says she caught the baking bug when she was a teen, cooking up a storm for Sukkot -- the Jewish harvest holiday -- when her mom asked her to take care of the desserts. "I was given a cookbook and baking ingredients and was told to follow the recipe -- and follow I did," said Goldin, who runs…

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by Cecilia Levine
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WE KNEAD THIS: Hackensack Chabad House Founder Shares Sweet Challah Recipe WE KNEAD THIS: Hackensack Chabad House Founder Shares Sweet Challah Recipe
WE Knead This: Hackensack Chabad House Founder Shares Sweet Challah Recipe It's sweet, fluffy and a recipe that Hackensack's Shterna Kaminker came up with herself. The Hackensack mom -- who helms the city's Chabad house with her husband Rabbi Mendy Kaminker -- tweaked her own mother's challah recipe until she got it just where she wanted it. "My mother was amazing in the kitchen," said Kaminker, a mom of six formerly of Teaneck. "She was always cooking and baking, and encouraged our own creativity." Each challah recipe begins with the same ingredients: Yeast, water, eggs, oil, flour, sugar and salt. Kaminker played around with each one until she found the perfe…

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by Cecilia Levine