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  • noun Plural form of challah.

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Examples

  • Many more - including some of those same Catholics - hold challahs, a traditional Andean ceremony to bless homes and businesses.

    Nathaniel Loewentheil: Deviled Dancers, Drunken Pilgrimages and the Magic of Bolivia's Carnaval 2010

  • You may not love Leah -- impressive though she is smacking her dough around for the baking of Sabbath challahs -- but you'll be glad she's there.

    Unorthodox Arrangements 2009

  • Unlikely that they'll have the entire selection that you can order ahead from their Culver City store, but even a well-picked subset of the extensive list -- which includes 7-grain sour wheat, rosemary caramelized onion focaccia, Pullman loaves perfect for truffled egg toast, and seven types of baguette, not to mention a variety of ryes and challahs for those Fairfax denizens with Jewier bread needs -- would be very exciting.

    Archive 2008-03-01 tannaz 2008

  • Straight loaves of braided challah are eaten throughout the year–typically on the Sabbath–round challahs, often studded with raisins, are served for the New Year and the other High Holidays that follow.

    smitten kitchen | best challah (egg bread) | print template 2008

  • A lot of women who have to make big challahs every week actually braid upwards of six strands.

    “How Mirka Got Her Sword,” Page 14 2008

  • He now sells up to 22 challahs every other week and is donating the money to a charity – all this in honor of his upcoming Bar Mitzvah.

    best challah (egg bread) | smitten kitchen 2008

  • Unlikely that they'll have the entire selection that you can order ahead from their Culver City store, but even a well-picked subset of the extensive list -- which includes 7-grain sour wheat, rosemary caramelized onion focaccia, Pullman loaves perfect for truffled egg toast, and seven types of baguette, not to mention a variety of ryes and challahs for those Fairfax denizens with Jewier bread needs -- would be very exciting.

    Coming to Farmer's Market: Breadworks Bakery tannaz 2008

  • Straight loaves of braided challah are eaten throughout the year–typically on the Sabbath–round challahs, often studded with raisins, are served for the New Year and the other High Holidays that follow.

    best challah (egg bread) | smitten kitchen 2008

  • So you have a couple months left to take advantage of one of the best-tasting challahs in the city.

    Archive 2007-02-01 Brooks of Sheffield 2007

  • So you have a couple months left to take advantage of one of the best-tasting challahs in the city.

    Gertel's on the Brink Brooks of Sheffield 2007

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