challah
a loaf of rich white bread leavened with yeast and containing eggs, often braided before baking, prepared especially for the Jewish Sabbath.
Origin of challah
1- Also chal·leh, hal·lah .
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How to use challah in a sentence
challah is a type of bread traditionally baked to celebrate the Jewish sabbath.
Every Friday, I’ve been making a challah from scratch, and I love getting lost in the routine of kneading the dough, letting it rise, kneading it again.
Pandemic baking for my son helped me realize it’s not about the cinnamon rolls | Brenda Janowitz | April 9, 2021 | Washington PostSlice challah bread into 1.5 inches then slit hole in middle of each slice and fill with Nutella.
Epic Meal Empire’s Meat Monstrosities: From the Bacon Spider to the Cinnabattleship | Harley Morenstein | July 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTel Aviv was gearing up for Purim, so I likely had hamentaschen in the cart, certainly challah and probably milk.
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.
British Dictionary definitions for challah
hallah
/ (ˈhɑːlə, Hebrew xaˈla) /
bread, usually in the form of a plaited loaf, traditionally eaten by Jews to celebrate the Sabbath
Origin of challah
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