Why knives?
There is an ancient tradition to either sharpen your knives or purchase a new knife before Rosh Hashanah as a segulah (spiritually propitious act) for livelihood for the upcoming year.
Read more about the tradition here.
This 10-inch high-carbon stainless-steel challah knife arrives in a handsome gift box for a new home or upgraded Shabbat table.
This sleek folding challah knife uses durable high-carbon stainless steel that can be sharpened again and again.
This modern Yair Emanuel challah knife pairs a serrated stainless-steel blade with a hammered handle, blue rings and matching stand.
This 13-inch serrated stainless-steel challah knife features a contemporary ripple design and the Hebrew words “In Honor of Shabbat.”
This practical 13-inch stainless-steel bread knife is finished with a smooth solid-gold-colored handle.
This gift-boxed stainless-steel challah knife features an artistic pomegranate-branch handle for Shabbat and Yom Tov.
This set combines a natural mango-wood challah board with a serrated stainless-steel knife and pomegranate-branch handles.
This elegant Godinger set pairs a substantial marble challah board with a coordinating bread knife.
This aluminum challah knife comes with a display stand and an ornate gold-and-silver cutout handle.
This classic 13-inch serrated stainless-steel challah knife bears the Hebrew words “In Honor of Shabbat.”
This sculptural Neil Cohen set combines an acacia-wood bread board with a serrated stainless-steel knife for slicing and serving.
A blade long enough to cross a large challah in one stroke, a comfortable handle, and enough weight to do the work for you. High-carbon stainless holds an edge far longer than decorative soft metals. If it is going on the table every week, the handle matters as much as the blade.
Serrated, for almost everyone. A serrated edge grips the crust and cuts through without compressing the crumb, which is exactly the problem with a straight blade on a soft, high challah. Straight blades look sleeker and demand more of the person holding them.
It is one of the best, because it is used every Shabbos rather than once a year. The gift-boxed knives here are made for that. For a wedding or a housewarming, a knife and board set is the more substantial version of the same idea.
Hand wash and dry it immediately — the dishwasher dulls edges and is unkind to decorative handles. Store it in its box or a sheath rather than loose in a drawer, both for the edge and because a gold-plated or hammered handle scratches against other cutlery.
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