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chalah

chalah is the alternative spelling of challah.

Meaning of challah

Noun

challah (countable and uncountable, plural challahs or challos or challot or challoth)

  1. (countable) A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov.
    • […]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[…].2006, The Mishnah, seder Zeraim, tractate Challah, Personal-Size edition, Mesorah Publications, page 54, commentary on 1:7
  2. (uncountable) 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.
  3. (countable) The portion separated in fulfillment of the above.

Forms of chalah

pluralchalahs
pluralchalot
pluralchaloth

Questions about chalah

What is chalah the alternative spelling of?
Chalah is the alternative spelling of challah.

Words near chalah in the dictionary

  1. chal
  2. chal-chal
  3. chala
  4. Chalabre
  5. chalaf
  6. chalah
  7. chalahs
  8. Chalais
  9. Chalamaniac
  10. Chalamaniacs
  11. Chalamba

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