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n. "Binding and bedecking of the Torah scroll[.]" (Glinert)
n. "[T]he ritual rolling and dressing of the Sefer Torah [after hagba.]" (source)
"[G]elila...is considered to be of equal value to all the aliyot combined." (source)
"Excuse me, Mr. Stein, could you do gelilah, please?" (Glinert)
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Heb. גְּלִילָה glilah 'rolling, wrapping' > Yid. גלילה glile
gelila, gelileh, gelile, glileh, glile
See also hagba.
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