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aliyah, n. Judaism. in sense 1 Brit. |əˈliːə|, U.S. |əˈliə| in sense 2 Brit. |ˌalɪˈɑː|, U.S. |ˌɑliˈɑ| Also with capital initial, esp. in sense 2.[Plural] aliehs, aliyahs, aliyos Brit. |əˈliːəz|, U.S. |əˈliəz|, |əˈlioʊs|, aliyot, aliyoth, aliyyot, aliyyoth Brit. |ˌalɪˈɒt|, U.S. |ˌɑliˈɔt| Forms: 19– aliah, 19– alieh, 19– aliya, 19– aliyah, 19– ꜥaliyah, 19– aliyoh, 19– aliyyah, 19– alyah [‹ post-biblical Hebrew ꜥaliyyāh, lit. ‘going up, ascent’ (in modern Hebrew also in senses ‘pilgrimage, esp. to Jerusalem’ and ‘immigration to Israel’) ‹ Hebrew ꜥalāh to ascend.] 1. The act or privilege of going up to the reading desk of a synagogue for the reading of the Torah, esp. to pronounce the blessings. Also: an action associated with this.
[1898L. N. Dembitz Jewish Services in Synagogue & Home iii. iii. 262 To read is now the exception. It takes place..when the official reader is honored with an ‘Ascent’ (Aliya) in his own right.] 1919P. Epstein Let. 5 June in Jewish Chron. (1980) 15 Aug. 19/4 There were two men called up for Aliehs..and you can guess as I was among them how glad I was of that opportunity when the ten commandments were read. 1942A. M. Heller Vocab. of Jewish Life 65 The honor extended to worshippers to ascend the reader's station to recite the blessings over the Torah is called an Aliyoh. 1964P. Birnbaum Bk. Jewish Concepts 466 Originally, each person that received an aliyyah read his particular section;..in our time the persons honoured with aliyyoth merely recite the appropriate benedictions before and after the reading of the individual parts. 1971Encycl. Judaica XV. 1254/1 In modern communities the old practice of selling the aliyyot..has been discontinued... There are seven aliyyot on a Sabbath. 1975Jewish Press 4 July 24 My host bought an aliyah for me, but I didn't know about it until the shammus..handed me a silver-plated aliyah card. 1995L. Jacobs Jewish Relig. 412/2 Some members of the congregation are specially entitled to be given an aliyah: a boy celebrating his Bar Mitzvah; a groom on the Sabbath before the wedding; the father of a new-born child; and a person on the anniversary of the death of a parent. 2001Cleveland (Ohio) Jewish News (Nexis) 16 Mar. 49 The Torah reading was also similar, with the president of the synagogue giving aliyahs to various congregants. To our surprise and delight, the last aliyah, to close the holy ark, he gave to my husband. 2. Immigration to Israel. With modifying word and (usually) capital initial: a particular wave of such immigration. to make (or go on) aliyah: to go on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, to immigrate to Israel.
1932Menorah Jrnl. Summer 159 Many Jews..have directed their practical interests to Palestine... New areas are being planted, new factories erected, and new trade carried on by middle class immigrants..to such an extent as to constitute the first steps of a new aliyah. 1962D. Bridger New Jewish Encycl. 8/2 Some migrations to Israel are known by their numbers, thus the First Aliyah (immigrants of 1880–1905); the Second Aliyah (immigrants of 1909–14); the Third Aliyah (1919–24); the Fourth Aliyah (1924–29); and the Fifth Aliyah (1933–39). 1992L. Glinert Joys of Hebrew 15 There was a time shortly after 1948 when Ben-Gurion, Israel's first premier, expected all Western Jews to ‘make aliyah’ (as the Americans say) or to ‘go on aliyah’ (as the British say)... Mass aliyah has been a major goal of Zionism. 2001Jerusalem Post (Electronic ed.) 23 July Upon visiting Israel for the exhibition he and his mother, Milana, met up with his father, Vladimir, and decided as a result of the family reunion to make aliyah to Israel shortly. |