challah

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/ˈxɑ(ː).lə/

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/ˈxɑ(ː).lə/ · /ˈhɑ(ː).lə/

Definition of challah

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(countable)A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov.

“[…]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[…].”
“Posting photos of his Shabbat candles and challah on Friday night, [Mark] Zuckerberg said that he would be giving the ceremonial cup to his eldest daughter, Maxima.”

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noun

(countable)A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov.

“[…]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[…].”
“Posting photos of his Shabbat candles and challah on Friday night, [Mark] Zuckerberg said that he would be giving the ceremonial cup to his eldest daughter, Maxima.”
(uncountable)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.
(countable)The portion separated in fulfillment of the above.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From Hebrew חַלָּה (ḥallá, “loaf”), influenced by Yiddish חלה (khale).

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