单词 | challah |
释义 | challahn. A loaf of white leavened bread, often plaited in form, traditionally baked to celebrate the Jewish Sabbath. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] > leavened bread sour breada1400 light bread1821 challah1873 ?1782 D. Levi Succinct Acct. Rites & Ceremonies Jews 9 They must also spread on the table, a clean tablecloath, and set two loaves upon it; which loaves are baked on the Friday, and are called in Hebrew..Cholith.] 1873 Quiver 8 483/1 On the Friday she has prepared three or four cakes of Sabbath-bread—or twist (called challah, after Lev. viii. 26; Numb. xv. 20)... Where the challoth are made by Jewish bakers, watchers see to it that all is properly done. 1880 Jrnl. Brit. Archaeol. Assoc. Mar. 40 The chaloth or Sabbath bread of the modern Jews. 1937 ‘Balabusta’ Prize Kosher Recipe Bk. 2 (caption) Challah. 1951 L. W. Leonard Jewish Cookery (new ed.) v. 26 It is customary to place two challas under a special napkin... The two loaves are symbolic of the ‘two portions of manna’ which fell for the Sabbath. 1987 P. Shteiner Forever my Jerusalem xxviii. 89 The challot were baking in the oven, filling the room with the sweet smell of Shabbat. 1988 Jerusalem Post 7 Oct. (‘In Jerusalem’ Suppl.) 2/2 Both bombs were hidden in halla loaves. One of the owners of the store in the Jewish Quarter removed the bread from the store after a worker remarked that it seemed unusually heavy. 1992 Jewish Chron. 7 Feb. 11/3 The shop is stocking a range of pre-packed kosher foods, as well as bagels and chalot. 2008 J. Cohen Jewish Holiday Cooking 539 Spread a slice of challah with about 1 tablespoon of cream cheese. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1873 |
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