EGAVE

aliyah

About 0.24 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The calling up of someone to the bimah for the reading of the Torah.
  2. noun A subsection of a parashah (weekly Torah reading) read by (or on behalf of) one person.
  3. noun The immigration of Jews to Israel.
  4. noun One of the major waves of immigration of Jews to Israel.
  5. verb To make aliyah, to immigrate to Israel.

Similar words

aliya oleh bima bimah hakhel semikhah kriat hatorah berakhah kallah siyum

Often followed by

to and bet in from was of is beth

Word family

aliya aliyahs aliyas aliyot aliyoth

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