of the formal Torah reading. A person receiving an aliyah is called an oleh (male) or olah (female). The person who receives the aliyah goes up to the...

Torah reading (Hebrew: קריאת התורה, K'riat haTorah, "Reading [of] the Torah"; Ashkenazic pronunciation: Kriyas haTorah) is a Jewish religious tradition...

Simchat Torah (שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה‎, lit., "Torah celebration", Ashkenazi: Simchas Torah), also spelled Simhat Torah, is a Jewish holiday that celebrates...

the Torah together with Qur'anic ones include Abu al-Hakam Abd al-Salam bin al-Isbili of Al-Andalus and Ibrahim bin Umar bin Hasan al-Biqa'i. Aliyah (Torah)...

the 14th Knesset Aliyah (given name) Aliyah (Torah), being called up to recite a blessing or read from a portion of the Torah Aliyah (wrestler) (born...

Aliyah (US: /ˌæliˈɑː/, UK: /ˌɑː-/; Hebrew: עֲלִיָּה ʿălīyyā, lit. 'ascent') is the immigration of Jews from the diaspora to, historically, the geographical...

reading from the Torah scroll is complete. Usually the maftir is the final three verses of the weekly portion, repeated from the last aliyah. On special occasions...

"mass Aliyah." On that day, God commanded the Israelites to commemorate and celebrate the occasion by erecting twelve stones with the text of the Torah engraved...

after a boy turns 13, they are called up for an aliyah, the ceremony of reading a portion of the Torah section of the day. There are seven main sections...

draft into the army and/or make Aliyah. In addition to full-time Torah study, Jews around the world often attend Torah classes in a contemporary academic...

first documented "mass Aliyah". The alternative date observed in the school system, 7 Heshvan, falls during the week of the Torah portion in which God instructs...

Youth Aliyah (Hebrew: עלית הנוער, Aliyat Hano'ar, German: Jugend-Alijah, Youth Immigration) is a Jewish organization that rescued thousands of Jewish children...

status and citizenship despite being Messianic. The state of Israel grants Aliyah (right of return) and citizenship to Jews, and to those with Jewish parents...

kutna, in conjunction with Aliyah (10:66): "There is no doubt that this is a greater Mitzvah (a commandment of the Torah), because the gathering is an...

Counting of the Omer. Its date is directly linked to that of Passover; the Torah mandates the seven-week Counting of the Omer, beginning on the second day...

a groom being called up in the synagogue for an aliyah, the recitation of a blessing over the Torah. In the Ashkenazic Jewish community the aufruf ceremony...

October 24: Shemini Atzeret* Tuesday, October 25: Simchat Torah* Tuesday, November 8: Yom HaAliyah (school observance) Sunday, December 25: Hanukkah Saturday...

men can perform the Priestly Blessing and receive the first aliyah during the public Torah reading. However, some Conservative rabbis give the kohen's...

the supplemental Oral Torah is represented by later texts, such as the Midrash and the Talmud. The Hebrew-language word torah can mean "teaching", "law"...

the Jews living in Palestine before the first Zionist immigration wave (aliyah) of 1882, and to their descendants until 1948. The Old Yishuv residents...

of Hebrew were developments in the settlements of the First Aliyah and the Second Aliyah. The first Hebrew schools were established in these settlements...

in the written Torah without any additional Oral Law or explanation. Unlike mainstream Rabbinic Judaism, which regards the Oral Torah, codified in the...

"Receiving an Aliyah to the Torah". Congregation Agudas Achim. Retrieved September 5, 2021. "Steps for Aliyah: How to Have an Aliyah to the Torah". Beth El...

According to Jewish tradition, the Torah contains 613 commandments (Hebrew: תרי״ג מצוות, romanized: taryág mitsvót). This tradition is first recorded...

On Yom Tov the Torah is read during Shacharit services. On the first day of Passover, Exodus 12:21–51 is read. This reading describes the Exodus from...

different interpretations of the Torah and how to apply it to current Jewish life, with Sadducees recognizing only the Written Torah and rejecting Prophets, Writings...

academic education with Torah study; see Torah Umadda, and S. Daniel Abraham Israel Program. (A percentage stay in Israel, "making Aliyah"; many also go on...

rabbi and philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. In his time, he was also a preeminent astronomer...

Torah Umadda (/tɔːrɑ umɑdɑ/; Hebrew: תּוֹרָה וּמַדָּע, "Torah and knowledge") is a worldview in Orthodox Judaism concerning the relationship between the...

modern Jewish migration to Ottoman-ruled Palestine, known as the First Aliyah, began in 1881, as Jews fled pogroms in Eastern Europe. Although the Zionist...