Assignment #3: Frances

Volunteers arrive to braid challah into circles for 3 Strands, an organization at the University of Maryland that sells the challah and donates the money raised. 

3 Strands president Chen Menashe greets volunteer Evelyn Rayhanian at the organization's challah braiding event Sept. 23.

Challah dough lays in small mounds waiting for volunteers to braid them. 

3 Strands president Chen Menashe instructs volunteers on how to braid the challah in a circle. 

Lily Katz (left) and Evelyn Rayhanian (right) roll challah into long strands for braiding. 

The challah is braided into a circle for the Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year.