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Challah cover
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<p>A 'challah cover' is a special cloth used to cover the two braided loaves set out on the table at the beginning of an <a href="/facts/Ashkenazi_Jews/B9PIYy71">Ashkenazi</a> <a href="/facts/Shabbat/pp5wb0JM">Shabbat</a> or <a href="/facts/Jewish_holiday/1tkNb3Eg">Yom Tov</a> meal. While its appearance lends a decorative and ceremonial aspect to the set table, its presence serves both a <a href="/facts/Halakha/RLYnjLBJ">halakhic</a> and symbolic function. </p>