Pronunciations

Definitions

• n. "Binding and bedecking of the Torah scroll[.]" (Glinert)
  

• n. "[T]he ritual rolling and dressing of the Sefer Torah [after hagba.]" (source)
  

Example Sentences

Languages of Origin

• Textual Hebrew
• Yiddish

Etymology

• Heb. גְּלִילָה glilah 'rolling, wrapping' > Yid. 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