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/əliːˈjɑː/ · noun
(Judaism, countable) The calling up of someone to the bimah for the reading of the Torah..
In the past, Yemenite Jews did not have a Bar Mitzvah ceremony at all; they first encountered this ceremony when they made Aliyah to Israel.
Anti-Semitism is a method of fooling Jews into aliyahing to Israel, the homeland, the sanctuary, in the pretence they will be safe. In the last 50 years how many Jews have died in Israel as a result of anti Jewish attacks....and how many have died in the diaspora?
Use aliyah when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Aliyah means (Judaism, countable) The calling up of someone to the bimah for the reading of the Torah..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include yerida, yeridah.
In the past, Yemenite Jews did not have a Bar Mitzvah ceremony at all; they first encountered this ceremony when they made Aliyah to Israel.
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