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aliya

aliya is the alternative spelling of aliyah.

Meaning of aliyah

Noun

aliyah (plural aliyahs or aliyot or aliyoth or aliyos)

  1. (Judaism, countable) The calling up of someone to the bimah for the reading of the Torah.
  2. (Judaism, countable) A subsection of a parashah (weekly Torah reading) read by (or on behalf of) one person.
  3. (uncountable) 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, David Golinkin, “The Origin and History of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ceremony”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 53
  4. (countable) One of the major waves of immigration of Jews to Israel.

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Forms of aliya

pluralaliyas
pluralaliyot
pluralaliyoth
pluralaliyos

Questions about aliya

What is aliya the alternative spelling of?
Aliya is the alternative spelling of aliyah.

Words near aliya in the dictionary

  1. Alivia
  2. alivincular
  3. Aliwi
  4. Aliwis
  5. Alix
  6. aliya
  7. aliyah
  8. aliyahs
  9. aliyas
  10. Aliyev
  11. Aliyha

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