Challah

Quick meaning: Challah is a noun meaning (countable) A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (countable) The portion separated in fulfillment of the above.
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.

Example Sentences

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.

[…]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[…].

Word Forms

• challahs
• challos
• challot
• challoth
• challa
• chalah
• chaleh

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chalah, chaleh, challa, cholent, lekach, knaidel.

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