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Challah
 
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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑ(ː).lə/, /ˈhɑ(ː).lə/
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Noun

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challah (countable and uncountable, plural challahs or challos or challot or challoth)

  1. (countable) A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov.
    • 2006, The Mishnah, seder Zeraim, tractate Challah, Personal-Size edition, Mesorah Publications, page 54, commentary on 1:7:
      [] 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. (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.
  3. (countable) The portion separated in fulfillment of the above.

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