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Challah
//ˈxɑ(ː).lə// noun
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Noun
- 1 A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov. countable
"[…]it is a time-honored custom that when women bake challah-loaves for Sabbath and Yom Tov use, they specifically prepare a dough large enough to be obligated in challah, so they can fulfill the mitzvah of separating challah[…]."
- 2 (Judaism) a loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast; often formed into braided loaves and glazed with eggs before baking wordnet
- 3 The commandment to separate a portion of bread or bread dough for the cohanim (Numbers 15:17–21); in contemporary practice, the portion is burned until inedible. uncountable
- 4 The portion separated in fulfillment of the above. countable
Etymology
From Hebrew חַלָּה (ḥallá, “loaf”), influenced by Yiddish חלה (khale).
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