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单词 aliyah
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Definition of aliyah in English:

aliyah

nounPlural aliyoth ˈalɪjəəˈlēə
Judaism
  • 1mass noun Immigration to Israel.

    移民以色列

    students making aliyah

    移民到以色列的学生。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was professor at the University of California, Berkeley, until making aliyah in 1966.
    • Almost two years after making aliyah, I gave birth to a perfectly healthy baby - but who weighed just over three pounds.
    • When we heard about the Foundation, whose goal was to assist North American Jews in making aliyah, we immediately applied.
    • They were married in 1977, and the next year came on aliyah to Israel, settling four years later in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City.
    • The author made aliyah to Israel with her family nearly five years ago from Monsey, New York.
    • Some families plan for years before making aliyah.
  • 2The honour of being called upon to read from the Torah.

    登台读(托拉经文的荣誉)

    I was called up for an aliyah

    我曾被叫上台读经文。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the early days, during the service, the congregants had the odd practice of auctioning the aliyoth or ‘privileges’ given to certain congregants, the money being used to maintain the synagogue.
    • We broke through all the stereotypes, all the barriers, and we all experienced a real aliyah together.
    • It is a great honor to be given an aliyah when the Torah is read in the synagogue, and it is important to fulfill this mitzvah (commandment) with dignity.
    • The first aliyah of any day's reading is customarily reserved for a kohein, the second for a Levite, and priority for subsequent aliyoth is given to people celebrating major life events, such as marriage or the birth of a child.
    • Why am I not insulted that Jewish religious law does not count me as part of a prayer-quorum, or allow me to be publicly called to the Torah for an aliyah?

Origin

From Hebrew ‘ăliyyāh 'ascent'.

Rhymes

Achaea, Almería, Apia, Bahía, Caesarea, Cassiopeia, Chaldea, Cytherea, Euboea, foreseer, freer, galleria, gynaecea, Iphigenia, Kampuchea, kea, keyer, Latakia, Leah, Lucia, Nicaea, Nicosia, onomatopoeia, Oriya, osteria, Pangaea, Pantelleria, pharmacopoeia, pizzeria, ria, rupiah, sangría, seer, sharia, Shia, skier, spiraea (US spirea), Tanzania, taqueria, Tarpeia, Thea, trachea, trattoria, urea

Definition of aliyah in US English:

aliyah

nounəˈlēə
Judaism
  • 1Immigration to Israel.

    移民以色列

    students making aliyah

    移民到以色列的学生。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was professor at the University of California, Berkeley, until making aliyah in 1966.
    • Some families plan for years before making aliyah.
    • Almost two years after making aliyah, I gave birth to a perfectly healthy baby - but who weighed just over three pounds.
    • When we heard about the Foundation, whose goal was to assist North American Jews in making aliyah, we immediately applied.
    • The author made aliyah to Israel with her family nearly five years ago from Monsey, New York.
    • They were married in 1977, and the next year came on aliyah to Israel, settling four years later in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City.
  • 2The honor of being called upon to read from the Torah.

    登台读(托拉经文的荣誉)

    I was called up for an aliyah

    我曾被叫上台读经文。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the early days, during the service, the congregants had the odd practice of auctioning the aliyoth or ‘privileges’ given to certain congregants, the money being used to maintain the synagogue.
    • It is a great honor to be given an aliyah when the Torah is read in the synagogue, and it is important to fulfill this mitzvah (commandment) with dignity.
    • We broke through all the stereotypes, all the barriers, and we all experienced a real aliyah together.
    • Why am I not insulted that Jewish religious law does not count me as part of a prayer-quorum, or allow me to be publicly called to the Torah for an aliyah?
    • The first aliyah of any day's reading is customarily reserved for a kohein, the second for a Levite, and priority for subsequent aliyoth is given to people celebrating major life events, such as marriage or the birth of a child.

Origin

From Hebrew ‘ăliyyāh ‘ascent’.

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