halukkah

noun

ha·​luk·​kah

variants or chalukah or less commonly halukah or haluka or chaluka

¦ḵälu̇¦kä,

ḵəˈlu̇kə

plural -s

: a fund collected from Jews throughout the world especially formerly for support of the needy in Palestine

Word History

Etymology

Hebrew ḥăluqqāh portion, division

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