# challah (חַלָּה)

pronounced: kha-LAH


**The festive loaf associated especially with Shabbat and Jewish holidays**

## In Scripture

> unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil: you shall make them of fine wheat flour.
> — Exodus 29:2 (Exact occurrence — challot are the oil-mixed cakes prepared for priestly consecration.)

> “‘When you offer an offering of a meal offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
> — Leviticus 2:4 (Exact occurrence — challot are named among the baked grain offerings.)


## How to read this entry

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