challah
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Hebrew חַלָּה (ḥallá, “loaf”), influenced by Yiddish חלה (khale).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]challah (countable and uncountable, plural challahs or challos or challot or challoth)
- (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 […] .
- (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.
Translations
[edit]traditional braided bread
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Further reading
[edit]separating challah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cookbook:challah on Wikibooks.Wikibooks