| LC control no. | sh2005003149 |
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| LC classification | BM657.C43 Jewish religious practice TX770.C45 Cooking |
| Topical heading | Challah (Bread) |
| Variant(s) | Halah (Bread) Ḥallah (Bread) |
| See also | Bread Jewish cooking Judaism--Liturgical objects |
| Scope note | Here are entered works on the bread used by Jews for Sabbath and holiday meals. Works on the dough offering given to the Jewish priests as well as those on the current traditional practice of separating a piece of dough in commemoration of that earlier priestly offering are entered under Hallah. Works on the Mishnah tractate Ḥallah are entered under uniform title Mishnah. Ḥallah. Works on the tractate Talmud Yerushalmi Ḥallah are entered under uniform title Talmud Yerushalmi. Ḥallah. |
| Subject example tracing | Note under Hallah |
| Found in | Work cat.: 2004102986: Paluch, B. Braid the challah, 2004. Cohn-Sherbok, D. Blackwell dictionary of Judaica, 1992: p. 203 (Ḥallah). Encyc. Judaica, 1971 (Ḥallah, a form of bread. The term also applies to the portion of dough set aside and given to the priest.) Jewish Virtual Library WWW site, May 10, 2005: Eating in Jerusalem of the first temple period (From the Bible we know of leavened bread and matzah, but also halah ...) |
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