[khah-luh, hah] 
| a loaf of rich white bread leavened with yeast and containing eggs, often braided before baking, prepared esp. for the Jewish Sabbath. |
| chal·lah also cha·lah or hal·lah (KHä'lə, hä'-) n. A loaf of yeast-leavened egg bread, usually braided, traditionally eaten by Jews on the Sabbath, holidays, and other ceremonial occasions. [Hebrew ḥallâ; see ḫll in Semitic roots.] |
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