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Challah

The braided egg bread eaten on Shabbat and Jewish holidays.

A pattern drawn for this page, not a picture of Challah.

Also: hallah

Challah is a soft enriched bread, usually braided, made by Jewish families for Shabbat and festivals. Two loaves are set on the table on Friday night, recalling the double portion of manna in the desert, and covered with a cloth. Before baking, a small piece of dough is set aside, as in the commandment of taking challah. For Rosh Hashanah the loaf is round, for a year coming full circle, and sometimes has raisins. Sephardic communities bake variations of their own. The bread is blessed and torn by hand, not cut, and dipped in salt or honey.

Region: Middle East

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