Definition of "challah" in English

noun

1. (countable) A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov.

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.

3. (countable) The portion separated in fulfillment of the above.