Luba’s Challah · Baked in Atwater Village
Order challah for Friday.
Three challahs, baked to order on Thursday: an organic wheat round, a white spelt round, and gluten-free oat rolls. Pick up Friday at 2, or have them delivered that morning.
This week at a glance
- Order by
- Wednesday, 8:00pm Pacific
- Baked
- Thursday, fresh — never frozen
- Pickup
- Friday at 2pm · 3438 Atwater Ave.
- Delivery
- Friday morning · $5 · 90039 and 90065 only
- Questions
- (213) 870-9243
The three challahs
All three are pareve and certified by Chabad Atwater Village. Every one of them contains eggs. Prices below are exactly the wording you’ll see in the order form, so there’s no guessing once you get there.
Organic flour round
A full-size round challah made with organic wheat flour.
Contains wheat and eggs. Not gluten free.
- One$12.00
- Two$22.00
- Four$40.00
White spelt round
A full-size round challah made with white spelt flour.
Spelt is a variety of wheat. Contains eggs. Not gluten free, and not suitable if you avoid wheat.
- One$14.00
- Two$26.00
- Four$48.00
Gluten-free oat rolls
Rolls, not full-size rounds. A bag of four suits a couple; the freezer twelve covers a table with plenty left over.
Contains oats and eggs. Gluten free — read this first if you have celiac.
- Single roll$5.00
- Two rolls$8.00
- Bag of four$15.00
- Freezer twelve$39.00
Toppings
No extra charge, and you choose it inside the order form. Plain is the default so nobody has to think about an extra allergen.
Pickup or delivery
You choose this in the order form too. Delivery is charged once per order, not per challah.
Pickup — free
3438 Atwater Ave., Friday at 2pm. Just come by; they’ll be waiting.
Delivery — $5
Friday morning in Atwater Village, Glassell Park and Cypress Park — zip codes 90039 and 90065 only. Outside those, choose pickup or give us a call.
Order your challah
Choose how many of each, pick a topping, choose pickup or delivery, and pay once. Orders close Wednesday at 8:00pm Pacific.
The round challahs contain wheat or spelt, and eggs, and are not gluten free. The oat rolls contain oats and eggs, plus sesame or poppy if you choose seeds. Everything is made in a home kitchen that is not exclusively gluten-free. If you have a food allergy, please call (213) 870-9243 before ordering. If you have celiac disease, read this first.
Form not loading? Call (213) 870-9243 or email info@chabadatwatervillage.com and we’ll take your order over the phone.
Your card is charged when you place the order. Need to cancel? Call or email any time up to 2pm Friday and we’ll refund you in full. You’ll get a confirmation email straight away — check spam if it isn’t there.
What’s in them, and what we don’t claim
We’d rather tell you exactly how this works than be vague about it. Vagueness is what should worry you.
If you have celiac disease
The rolls are made from Rorie’s Original Gluten Free Oat Dough Mix, a certified gluten-free product. We bake in a home kitchen that is not exclusively gluten-free.
We use separate bowls, pans and utensils for these rolls, and everything is baked on Thursday with the gluten-free rolls first — before any wheat or spelt flour is opened that day — on surfaces cleaned beforehand.
What we don’t claim
Our kitchen is not a certified gluten-free facility, and we don’t lab-test finished batches.
Rorie’s notes that the mix is produced in a facility that also processes tree nuts and soy.
About oats
Oats are naturally gluten-free and the mix we use is certified — but a small number of people with celiac disease also react to avenin, a protein in oats itself. If you haven’t eaten oats since your diagnosis, please check with your doctor before ordering.
Questions people actually ask
Are oats really one of the five grains? +
Mainstream practice treats oats as shibbolet shual, one of the five grains — which is why oat matzah is the standard solution for celiacs on Pesach. A minority of poskim question whether modern oats are the same species the Gemara discusses. We’re not going to pretend that question doesn’t exist. Ask your rav; for most people the answer will be that these are bread and you wash.
How long do they stay fresh? +
Soft through Shabbos in a sealed bag at room temperature. After that, freeze them — ten minutes at 300°F straight from frozen and they’re almost like they came out of the oven.
Is it pareve? Who certifies it? +
All three are pareve, with no dairy ingredients — and all three contain eggs. Kashrut is certified by Chabad Atwater Village. If you have a question about anything specific, call and ask; we’d rather have the conversation.
I missed the Wednesday cutoff. +
Reach out anyway. If Luba hasn’t started shopping we can sometimes squeeze one more in, and if not we’ll put you first on next week’s list.
Can I get these for a kiddush or a simcha? +
Yes, but give us two weeks’ notice for anything over about ten bags — Thursday is only so long. Get in touch and we’ll work out the numbers.