EGAVE

challah

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov.
  2. noun 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. noun The portion separated in fulfillment of the above.

Similar words

hallah chalah chaleh challa barches cholent lekach knaidel chametz kittel

Often followed by

and bread is for on in or cover from

Word family

challa challahs challas challot challoth hallah hallahs hallot halloth

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