# Baking in memory or merit

- Link: https://www.challahbake.org/resource/baking-in-memory-or-merit/
- Published: 2026-10-22T00:04:47-04:00
- Author: Shira

Many women gather to bake in someone’s memory or merit: for a yahrzeit or shloshim,
for a refuah shleimah, for a shidduch, or for a zechus. Some gather forty, a cherished
custom, but a circle of any size is meaningful.

## Set it up

 * **Choose the occasion** in the create-a-bake wizard and add the name or names
   you are baking for (English, Hebrew, and mother’s name if you wish).
 * **Choose privacy.** For a personal request, a private bake with a link for family
   and friends is a gentle option. For a larger community effort, public lets women
   everywhere join.
 * **Share the intention.** Send a short message: who you are baking for, the date
   and how to join.

## On the day

Invite each woman to hold the name in mind while she separates challah.

## Afterward

Consider sending loaves to the family, a shul kiddush or a food program.

## Sample invitation

> Join me in baking challah in the merit of [Name] bas/ben [Mother’s name]. We would
> love for as many women as possible to join. Sign up here: [link]. Even if you 
> cannot bake with us live, you can bake from your own kitchen.