a·li·yah (ä l -ä ,  -l)n. pl. a·li·yahs also a·li·yot (ä l- t) The immigration of Jews into Israel. [Hebrew '  l yâ, ascent, from ' lâ, to ascend; see  ly in Semitic roots.] |
aliyah
n Judaism
1. (Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) pl -yoth [-ˈjɒt] immigration to the Holy Land
2. (Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) the honour of being called to read from the Torah
[from Hebrew, literally: act of going up, ascent]
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| Noun | 1. |  aliyah - (Judaism) the honor of being called up to the reading desk in the synagogue to read from the Torah; "he was called on for an aliyah"Judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud |
| 2. |  aliyah - (Judaism) immigration of Jews to Israel; "students making aliyah"immigration, in-migration - migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there) Judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud |
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