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חלות. עבות ויש אומרים עגולות מלשון חלילה בדברי קדמונינו: UNLEAVENED CAKES. The word challot (cakes) means thick cakes.11Thus challot matzot (unleavened cakes) means thick unleavened cakes. Others connect challot to the Rabbinic term chalilah (circle).12They say that challot means rounded cakes. See Sukkah 5:6.