challah

chal·lah also cha·lah or hal·lah  (äl, hä-)

n.

A loaf of yeast-leavened egg bread, usually braided, traditionally eaten by Jews on the Sabbath, holidays, and other ceremonial occasions.

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[Hebrew allâ; see ll in Semitic roots.]

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challah, hallah [ˈhɑːlə (Hebrew) xaˈla]

n pl -lahs, -loth (Hebrew) [-ˈlɔt]

(Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) (Cookery) bread, usually in the form of a plaited loaf, traditionally eaten by Jews to celebrate the Sabbath

[from Hebrew hallāh]

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challah - (Judaism) a loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast; often formed into braided loaves and glazed with eggs before baking hallah cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" Judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud bread, breadstuff, staff of life - food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked