chal·lah also cha·lah or hal·lah 
(älə, hä-)
(älə, hä-)n.
A loaf of yeast-leavened egg bread, usually braided, traditionally eaten by Jews on the Sabbath, holidays, and other ceremonial occasions.
[Hebrew ḥallâ; see ḫll in the Appendix of Semitic roots.]
challah