challah
[khah-luh, hah]
- a loaf of rich white bread leavened with yeast and containing eggs, often braided before baking, prepared especially for the Jewish Sabbath.
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Also chal·leh, hallah.
Origin of challah
From the Hebrew word hallāh
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In 2003, he held a $500-a-plate “sandwich-naming” for Rep. Eric Cantor, Republican of Virginia, who chose roast beef on challah.
Change the crusty bread for a sweet roll or challah bread and you have a medianoche.
challah
hallah
- bread, usually in the form of a plaited loaf, traditionally eaten by Jews to celebrate the Sabbath
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Word Origin
from Hebrew hallāh
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Word Origin and History for challah
n.
from Yiddish khale, from Hebrew chala "loaf of bread."
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