Daily Halacha - Is it permissible to use frozen bread as lechem mishneh?

Learn whether frozen bread can serve as the second loaf for Shabbat meals and other bread-related halachot from the rulings of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef

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Is it permissible to make the blessing over bread when it is inside a bag?

One should not make a blessing over lechem mishneh when it is closed in a bag since one needs to place both hands on the bread at the time of the blessing [Shulchan Aruch 267, Mishnah Berurah 23].

Is it permissible to use frozen bread as lechem mishneh?

One who does not have challah for lechem mishneh is permitted to take a frozen pita or challah from the freezer and make a blessing over it [Chazon Ovadiah].

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