gelilah

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Pronunciations

gelilah (ge-LEE-luh) listen

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Definitions

  • n. The rolling up, tying, and replacing of the cover and ornaments of the Torah scroll.

Example Sentences

  • "[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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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH גְּלִילָה glila 'rolling, wrapping' > Y גלילה glile

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa
      • Australia / New Zealand

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
      • Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).

      Alternative Spellings

      gelila, gelileh, gelile, glileh, glile

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