challah
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Is challah a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (countable) A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov.Examples: "[…]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[…]."; "Posting photos of his Shabbat candles and challah on Friday night, [Mark] Zuckerberg said that he would be giving the ceremonial cup to his eldest daughter, Maxima."countable
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.uncountable
3. (countable) The portion separated in fulfillment of the above.countable
Definition source: Wiktionary