challah.
A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov.
Meaning & usage
A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov.
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.
The portion separated in fulfillment of the above.
Where this word comes from
From Hebrew חַלָּה (ḥallá, “loaf”), influenced by Yiddish חלה (khale).
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