22 | MAY 14 • 2020 

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esidents of Birmingham, 
Bloomfield Hills, 
Farmington Hills, 
Franklin and West Bloomfield 
can have fresh challah from 
Johnny Pomodoro’
s delivered to 
their doors Friday morning. 
This is thanks to Isaac Mintz, 
18, graduating from West 
Bloomfield High School, and 
his younger cousins Avery 
Gach, 13, a student at Berkshire 
Middle School, and Eli Gach, 
10, who attends West Maple. 
Mintz lives in West Bloomfield; 
his cousins live in Bloomfield 
Hills.
It was Avery’
s idea. “I know a 
lot of Jews don’
t want to go into 
stores, especially older people,
” 
he said. “My family has always 
loved celebrating Shabbat, 
and we understand the joy of 
challah on Friday evenings. So 
I thought about a challah deliv-
ery service.
”
Last month, Avery reached 
out to his cousin Isaac for 
advice. “He is a very passionate, 
kind and hardworking young 
man — an entrepreneur who 
saw a need in the market,
” Isaac 
said. “We began bouncing some 
ideas around.
”
They came up with Door to 
Door Family Challah, a stream-
lined service to the community. 
Here’
s how it works: 
Customers fill out an order via 
a Google Form, then pay their 
total through Venmo. Once 
the payment has been finalized 

on Thursday afternoon before 
2 p.m., they can expect their 
order on Friday morning. The 
charge is $6 for one challah or 
$10 for two. 
Isaac, who plans on attend-
ing the University of Michigan 
this fall, is the delivery driver, 
helped by his sister Eden, 15, 
a student at West Bloomfield 
High School. “She has been 
invaluable in helping deliver the 
challahs,
” Isaac said.
The challah comes freshly 
baked from Johnny Pomodoro’
s 
in Farmington Hills. The 
cousins conferred with general 
manager Joe Montgomery, who 
was very receptive to working 
with the young people. 
“We also wanted to do some 
good,
” Isaac said. “Ten percent 
of earnings go toward coronavi-
rus relief efforts.
”
Their first week, Door to 
Door Family Challah served 
22 families and made its first 
donation to FLAG of Metro 
Detroit. 
One customer wanted to 
take a picture with the boys. 
“We were thrilled,
” Isaac said. 
“We treat our customers like 
family and hope to have even 
more satisfied customers in the 
future.
” 

For more information, email 
doortodoorfamilychallah@gmail.com.

Jews in the D

Highway to Challah

Cousins ensure families can
enjoy fresh challah on Shabbat.

JACKIE HEADAPOHL ASSOCIATE EDITOR

COURTESY OF AVERY GACH

Eden and Isaac Mintz, and Avery and 
Eli Gach deliver challahs to customers 
on Friday morning in time for Shabbat.

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