challah
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Challah ( ; , ; [c]hallot, [c]halloth or [c]hallos, ), also known as berches in Central Europe, is a special bread in Jewish cuisine, usually braided and typically eaten on ceremonial occasions such as Shabbat and major Jewish holidays (other than Passover and Yom Kippur).
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- Food.name
- Challah
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- Challah Bread Six Braid 1.JPG
- Food.image_size
- 250px
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- Challah sprinkled with sesame seeds
- Food.alternate_name
- khala, khale, chałka, kitke, berkhes, barches, bukhte, dacher, koylatch, koilitsh, shtritsl, kozunak
- Food.type
- Bread
- Food.main_ingredient
- Eggs, fine white flour, water, yeast, sugar and salt
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- Challah Bread Six Braid 1.JPG
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- חַלָּה
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16 sectionsContents
- Name and origins
- Variant names
- Ingredients and preparation
- Rituals and religious significance
- Traditional Sabbath meal procedure
- Salting
- Special challah
- Rosh Hashanah
- {{lang|yi|Shlissel}} challah
- Challah rolls
- Easter challah
- Similar breads
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Challah ( ; , ; [c]hallot, [c]halloth or [c]hallos, ), also known as berches in Central Europe, is a special bread in Jewish cuisine, usually braided and typically eaten on ceremonial occasions such as Shabbat and major Jewish holidays (other than Passover and Yom Kippur).
Ritually acceptable challah is made of dough from which a small portion has been set aside as an offering. Challah may also refer to the dough offering. The word is biblical in origin, meaning "loaf". Similar (usually braided) breads with mainly the same ingredients including brioche, kalach, kozunak, panettone, pulla, tsoureki, vánočka are found across European cuisines.