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Meaning of aliyah | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/əliːˈjɑː/

Definitions

  1. A female given name from Arabic of modern American usage, a variant of Aaliyah.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of aliyah.
    alt-of
  3. A female given name from Hebrew.
  4. The calling up of someone to the bimah for the reading of the Torah.
    Judaism, countable
  5. A subsection of a parashah (weekly Torah reading) read by (or on behalf of) one person.
    Judaism, countable
  6. The immigration of Jews to Israel.
    uncountable
  7. One of the major waves of immigration of Jews to Israel.
    countable

Equivalents

العربية عليا
Deutsch Alija
Español aliá aliyá
Français Alya
日本語 アリーヤー
한국어 알리야
Polski alija
Português aliyá
Русский алия

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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