Challa or Chala or Challah may refer to: *

Chala The Chala or "Coast" is one of the eight Life_zones_of_Peru#Javier Pulgar Vidal's version, 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 larg ...

, 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 gradu ...

, 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 * "Challa", a song by A. R. Rahman and Rabbi Shergill from the 2012 Indian film ''Jab Tak Hai Jaan''

In Judaism

Chala (Jews) :''See disambiguation page Challa for more meanings of the word.'' Chala ( ) is a Tajik term meaning "neither this nor that," referring to Bukharan Jews who were coerced into converting to Islam from the late eighteenth century onwards. In respo ...

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

Challah Challah or hallah ( ; , ; 'c'''hallot'', 'c'''halloth'' or 'c'''hallos'', ), also known as berches in Central Europe, is a special bread in Jewish cuisine, usually braided and typically eaten on ceremonial occasions such as Shabbat ...

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

dough offering In Judaism, the dough offering (or separation of ''challah'', ) is an positive commandment requiring the owner of bread dough to give a part of the kneaded dough to a kohen (Jewish priest). The obligation to separate the dough offering (hencefort ...

Challah (tractate) Challah (, literally "Loaf") is the ninth tractate of '' Seder Zeraim'', the 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 Mishnah, and ...

, a section of the Talmud dealing with dough offering

In Judaism

See also