A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for Yom Tov.
The commandment to separate a portion of bread or bread dough for the cohanim (Numbers 15:17–21); in contemporary practice, the portion is burned until inedible.
The portion separated in fulfillment of the above.
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