Aliyah
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əliːˈjɑː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Aliyah is a noun meaning (Judaism, countable) The calling up of someone to the bimah for the reading of the Torah.
Meaning
(Judaism, countable) The calling up of someone to the bimah for the reading of the Torah.
More Meanings
- (Judaism, countable) A subsection of a parashah (weekly Torah reading) read by (or on behalf of) one person.
- (uncountable) The immigration of Jews to Israel.
- (countable) One of the major waves of immigration of Jews to Israel.
- (intransitive, rare) To make aliyah, to immigrate to Israel.
Example Sentences
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?
Word Forms
- aliyahs
- aliyot
- aliyoth
- aliyos
- aliya
- aliyahing
- aliyahed
Antonyms for aliyah
Common opposites include yerida, yeridah.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include aliya, oleh, bima, bimah, semikhah, berakhah.
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