challah

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    (Judaism) a loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast; often formed into braided loaves and glazed with eggs before baking

Word Origin

challah (n.)
from Yiddish khale, from Hebrew chala "loaf of bread."

Example

1. And now it 's a shabbat challah cutter , right ?
2. Kids can crawl through a challah bread tunnel go shopping in a kosher supermarket and walk through the creation story from the old testament .

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