noun
aliyah
Aliyah (noun) means the honour of being called up to read from the Torah in a synagogue.
noun
1
The honour of being called up to read from the Torah in a synagogue.
2
(Judaism) A short part of the weekly Torah reading, read aloud by or for one person in the synagogue.
3
The act of a Jewish person moving to live in 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."
— David Golinkin, The Origin and History of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ceremony (2024)
4
One of the large waves in which Jewish people moved together to live in Israel.
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Etymology
From Hebrew עלייה / עֲלִיָּה (aliyá, “ascent”).
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What is the meaning of aliyah?
"aliyah" (noun) means the honour of being called up to read from the Torah in a synagogue.
What are the different meanings of aliyah?
"aliyah" has 3 main meanings: 1. The honour of being called up to read from the Torah in a synagogue; 2. (Judaism) A short part of the weekly Torah reading, read aloud by or for one person in the synagogue; 3. The act of a Jewish person moving to live in Israel.
