aliyahs

Beams of sunlight made their way through the high windows, and the wooden floors shifted and creaked underneath us as Rabbi Grussgott gave us last-minute instructions, going over the order of the aliyahs and where everyone would stand when we passed the Torah down through the generations, from my grandparents to my parents then to me.

Certain Girls Jennifer Weiner 2008

Later, when all the different shared aliyahs were completed done by uncles, aunts, grandparents and parents, Boo got down to her actual haftorah portion and sang beautifully for nearly 20 minutes.

Bat Mitzvah Decompression « The Life and Times of Organic Mama 2008

Beams of sunlight made their way through the high windows, and the wooden floors shifted and creaked underneath us as Rabbi Grussgott gave us last-minute instructions, going over the order of the aliyahs and where everyone would stand when we passed the Torah down through the generations, from my grandparents to my parents then to me.

Certain Girls Jennifer Weiner 2008

Beams of sunlight made their way through the high windows, and the wooden floors shifted and creaked underneath us as Rabbi Grussgott gave us last-minute instructions, going over the order of the aliyahs and where everyone would stand when we passed the Torah down through the generations, from my grandparents to my parents then to me.

Certain Girls Jennifer Weiner 2008

The forced aliyahs (migrations) of African and Oriental Jews (mizrahim in Hebrew) to Israel in the early days of the Zionist settlement is an appalling stain on Israeli history for even Israelis themselves.

Jihad Monitor 2010

Rabbis Mark Borovitz and Ed Feinstein ask for personal redemption stories and offer Torah aliyahs (which are mamash / truly so uplifting).

Articles 2009

"​ Between the two of them, Rothstein and Levy bought all the aliyahs, said an attendee at the chabad that day.

Wake Up From Your Slumber - The Truth Will Set You Free andie531 2010