challah
[khah-luh, hah]
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noun
a loaf of rich white bread leavened with yeast and containing eggs, often braided before baking, prepared especially for the Jewish Sabbath.
Also chal·leh, hallah.
Origin of challah
From the Hebrew word hallāh
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noun plural -lahs or -loth (Hebrew -ˈlɔt)
Word Origin for challah
from Hebrew hallāh
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