[Talmud] Hallah (Hebrew: חלה, literally loaf) is the ninth tractate of Seder Zeraim (`Order of Seeds`) of the Mishnah and of the Talmud. This `Hallah` was separated from bread dough made from the five species of grain and put aside for a Kohen in Biblical times and the time of the Jewish Temple. Today, it is separated and burnt in the ov... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallah_(Talmud)