challah

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov. countable
    — […]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[…].
  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

词形变化

challahs plural challos plural challot plural challoth plural halla alternative challa alternative chalah alternative hallah alternative chaleh alternative

词源

From Hebrew חַלָּה (ḥallá, “loaf”), influenced by Yiddish חלה (khale).
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