单词 | aliyah |
释义 | aliyahn. Judaism. 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. ΚΠ 1851 tr. Enactments Sacred Congregation Great Synagogue of London in M. Margoliouth Hist. Jews Great Britain III. App. 268 The order of priority in Aliyoth, to be called to the Law, is as follows. 1917 S. Glazer Guide Judaism ii. iv. 54 The selections of the Torah read on the New Moon are: Num. xxviii. 1-15 inc., divided into four Aliyot. 1919 P. 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. 1971 Encycl. Judaica XV. 1254/1 In modern communities the old practice of selling the aliyyot..has been discontinued... There are seven aliyyot on a Sabbath. 1995 L. 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. 2001 Cleveland (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. ΚΠ 1927 L. Lipsky Thirty Years Amer. Zionism vii, in Sel. Wks. I. 304 See what activity goes on around Haifa! The immigration registers about 4,000 per month. Of course the Fourth Aliyah brings in some bad features, but that will be pressed out in time. 1932 Menorah 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. 1962 D. Bridger & S. Wolk 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). 1992 L. 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. 2001 Jerusalem 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. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1851 |
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