challah

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑ(ː).lə/, /ˈhɑ(ː).lə/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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

  2. (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 […] .
    • 2017 September 17, “Mark Zuckerberg gives family heirloom kiddush cup to daughter”, in The Times of Israel‎[1]:
      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.
  3. (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.
  4. (countable) The portion separated in fulfillment of the above.

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