So we compromise. We don’t actually slice the bread, but we make a small cut so as to quicken the slicing but still leave the loaf whole. This is the ideal way to deal with two conflicting forces. Come up with a third option that satisfies both.
And then I end up spending far more time looking for the cut I made than if I had just left it alone.
And for that reason, I actually stopped cutting the challah before hamotzi about a year ago. I realized that it was doing more harm than good.
The Wolf