Challa or Chala or Challah may refer to: *

Chala The Chala or "Coast" is one of the eight natural regions in Peru. It is formed by all the western lands that arise from sea level up to the height of 500 meters. The coastal desert of Peru is largely devoid of vegetation but a unique fog and mist- ...

, a region in Peru * ''Challa'' (moth), a genus of moth in the family Erebidae *

Challa Kondaiah Challa Kondaiah (Telugu: చల్లా కొండయ్య) (1918-2001) was Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court. He was born on 4 July 1918 at Challavaripalle in Anantapur district to Challa Venkata Kondaiah and Laxmamma. He graduat ...

, Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court *

Ger Challa Gerrit "Ger" Challa (born 18 December 1928) is a Dutch chemist. He was professor of chemistry and polymer technology at the University of Groningen from 1965 to 1993. Challa was born in Amsterdam. He studied chemistry between 1946 and 1953. He wor ...

, a Dutch chemist

In Judaism

Chala (Jews) :''See disambiguation page Challa for more meanings of the word.'' Chala ( uz, чала ) is an Uzbek term meaning "neither this nor that," referring to Bukharan Jews who were converted to Islam beginning in the late eighteenth century. In resp ...

, referring to Bukharan Jews who were allegedly forcibly converted to Islam *

Challah Challah (, he, חַלָּה or ; plural: or ) is a special bread of Ashkenazi Jewish origin, usually braided and typically eaten on ceremonial occasions such as Shabbat and major Jewish holidays (other than Passover). Ritually acceptable ...

, a type of bread in Jewish cuisine * Challah, a commandment in Judaism of

dough offering In Judaism, the dough offering (or ''mitzvat terumat challah'', "commandment of separating ''challah''" he, מצוות תרומת חלה) is a positive commandment requiring the owner of a bread dough to give a part of the kneaded dough to a ko ...

Challah (tractate) Challah (Hebrew: חלה, literally "Loaf") is the ninth tractate of ''Seder Zeraim'' ("Order of Seeds"). It discusses the laws of the dough offering, known in Hebrew as ''challah''. Like most of the tractates in Zeraim, it appears only in the M ...

, a section of the Talmud dealing with dough offering

In Judaism

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