challah

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

“[…]it is a time-honored custom that when women bake challah-loaves for Sabbath and Yom Tov use⟳, they specifically prepare⟳ a dough large enough to be obligated in challah, so they can fulfill the mitzvah of separating challah[…].”

“Posting photos of his Shabbat candles and challah on Friday night, [Mark⟳] Zuckerberg said that he would be giving the ceremonial cup to his eldest daughter, Maxima.”

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