also [1]   khale  (eastern  Yiddish ),( German  and western Yiddish),  berches  ( Swabian ),  barkis  ( Gothenburg ),  bergis  ( Stockholm ), chałka  ( Polish ),  vánočka  ( Czech ),  zopf  ( Switzerland ) and  kitke  ( South Africa ), [2]  is a special braided  bread  eaten on the  Sabbath