Challah

Challah is a delicious, braided, egg-based bread that is traditionally used in Jewish religious ceremonies. In Hebrew, there are two words for bread: lechem and challah. The first type of bread is the common form, which is eaten daily, whereas the second is supposed to be eaten only on the Sabbath and on Holy days. In Jewish households, it is tradition to bake two loaves of challah that represent the loaves of bread (manna) that fell from God to preserve the Israelites as they