Sekirov Dictionary

aliyah

/əliːˈjɑː/

noun 4
verb 1
forms 7

noun4

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The immigration of Jews to Israel.
- 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. — 2024
One of the major waves of immigration of Jews to Israel.
(Judaism) The calling up of someone to the bimah for the reading of the Torah.
(Judaism) A subsection of a parashah (weekly Torah reading) read by (or on behalf of) one person.

verb1

(rare) To make aliyah, to immigrate to Israel.

forms

aliyahed · aliyahing · aliyahs · Aliyahs · aliyos · aliyot · aliyoth

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