Burning the separated challah
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Question
In my home and in my wife’s home we have always been accustomed to throw away the separated challah. What is the innovation of the “Challah Burning” organization? Must the separated portion specifically be burned, or is it permitted to throw it away?
Answer
Shalom u’vracha.
It is a mitzvah to burn the separated challah (when it is ritually impure — as in our times).
Only when this is difficult is it permitted to wrap it well and throw it into the garbage. In such a case, ideally one should separate less than a kezayit.
Therefore, someone who is unable to burn the challah at home has reason to join a “Challah Burning” organization, which will burn the separated challah on his behalf.
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