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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
aliyah /ˈalɪjə/

▶noun (pl. aliyoth /ˈalɪjəʊt/) Judaism

1 immigration to Israel.

2 the honour of being called upon to read from the Torah.

– origin from Heb. ‘ăliyyāh ‘ascent’.

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