This week I baked a Catbus challah! No doubt you have all seen the Studio Ghibli images generated by the new ChatGPT model this week. I bet none of them include CATBUS. My Neighbor Totoro is one of the best animated movies ever and Catbus is one of the best and insane parts of it. BTW the reason OpenAI chose Ghibli as the “style” they were pushing to show for this new model is because Japanese copyright laws allow training AI with their art, it’s a grey area for sure. I’m not saying this is a good thing so don’t @ me. Nothing at all can match the gorgeous, painstakingly hand-drawn art from Ghibli’s work. But yeah, I had to include my own Ghibli-style pic (“Follow me, I’m dorky.”) Shabbat shalom!
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This week I baked a Hello Kitty challah! I was trying to think of what design to do this week and I realized that today is the anniversary of my bar mitzvah (yay yay mazel). I was looking at what cartoons were popular the year of my bar mitzvah and I found there was an animated series on TV back in the late 80’s called Hello Kitty’s Furry Tale Theater. Yeah, you can find episodes online, and I realized I totally remember the theme song! Remember kids, you can never have too many friends. Shabbat shalom!
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This week I baked a Batman Purim challah! Today is the Jewish holiday of Purim, which is celebrated by dressing up in costumes, reading the book of Esther, eating hamentaschen, and exchanging baskets of food/treats. There are many children in our community that are dressing like Batman this Purim, to honor the memory of Ariel Bibas (z”l) who loved Batman. I went with the vintage logo because I think it’s kinda cooler than the newer one tbh. Chag sameach and Shabbat shalom! 🧡
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This week I baked a Severance challah! Your outie likes to bake challahs on Fridays. Your outie is obsessed with Severance. At a restaurant, your outie can calculate the tip in their head. I’ve gotta say, my challah work is mysterious and important. Here’s the Lumon logo in braided dough form, delivered to you mobile televisually, praise Kier! Shabbat shalom!
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This week I baked a Chris Farley challah! His character Matt Foley, the motivational speaker who lives in a “VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!” is probably Farley’s most memorable. Seeing all the SNL50 shows a couple weeks ago, I’m reminded how amazingly funny Chris Farley was and what a terrible loss it was for us all when he died. I really like the details I was able to pull off in this challah (yeah, he’s sweating). Remember kids, be careful or you’ll be living in a van down by the river. Whoops-a-daisy! Shabbat shalom!
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This week I baked a Kendrick Lamar challah! I know you’ve seen this meme around the last couple of weeks and now it’s in challah-form. Listen, I made this challah a few days ago because I’m traveling today, but I don’t want y’all to think I’m not crushed by the news that came out yesterday. I struggled with whether or not to post it, but I decided that I am here to uplift and spread some Jewish joy as my part of “tikkun olam” or “repairing the world.” As we grieve, we need to be strong and not let them break us. Baruch dayan ha’emet and Shabbat shalom. 🧡🧡
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Challah line drawing by lifeking83
This week I baked a Whomping Willow challah! Yesterday was the wonderful holiday of Tu Bishvat, the holiday for the trees. Of course, I had to make a tree-themed challah (with Mr. Weasley’s flying Ford crashed in it). I’m loving that my collection of Harry Potter themed challot continues to grow too (see: Hagrid, Dumbledore, Hippogriff). WHOMP! WHOMP! Chag sameach and Shabbat shalom!
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This week I baked a Dog Man challah! He’s got the head of a dog, sewn onto the body of a man (peep the stitches on his neck). There’s a new animated movie out the other day and it looks totally fun. Did you read Dog Man? And remember, it’s your story, kid. Color it any way you want! Shabbat shalom!!
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