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Aliyah is an important Jewish cultural concept and is enshrined in Israeli laws that theoretically permit the immigration of any Jew to Israel.

In Zionist history, different waves aliyah, beginning with the arrival of the Biluim from Russia in 1882, are known at aliyot (the plural of aliyah). These aliyot are often categorized by date and the country of origin of the immigrants.

Aliyah also refers, in synagogue life, to the honor of being "called up" to read a section of the week's parasha from the Torah during a service. For example, the relevant section of the Torah reading for each shabbat is divided into seven aliyot. According to tradition, the first aliya is given to a kohen, the second to a levi, and the remaining five are divided among "yisrael", the "Jewish commoners" (essentially).

1 Aliyot

• First Aliyah (1882-1903) from Russia, Yemen. Total: 15,000. Founded first agricultural settlements.
• Second Aliyah (1904-1914) from Russia. Total 40,000 (about half left). Founded Tel Aviv and first kibbutz.
• Third Aliyah (1919-1923) from Russia, Poland (Total: 40,000). Founded Histradrut Labor Union and HaganahThe Haganah (Hebrew: "Defense") was a Zionist military organization in Palestine during the British mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948. The Haganah later became the Israel Defense Forces Israel's army. Origins The predecessor of Haganah was the Ha-Sho.
• Fourth Aliyah (1923-1929) from Poland, Hungary. Total: 80,000 (over one-quarter left). Emergence of an urban middle class.
• Fifth Aliyah (1929-1939) from German, Central and Eastern Europe. Total: 250,000 (10 percent left). Intellectual middle class. Refugee artists introduced Bauhaus ( Tel Aviv has the highest concentration of BauhausAlternate use: There is also a British rock band named Bauhaus. Bauhaus is the common term for the Staatliches Bauhaus an art and architecture school in Germany that operated from 1919 to 1933, and for the approach to design that it developed and taught. architecture in the world) and founded the Palestine Philharmonic Orchestra.

2 See also

• ZionismZionism is a political movement among Jews (although supported by some non-Jews) which maintains that the Jewish people constitute a nation and are entitled to a national homeland. Formally founded in 1897, Zionism embraced a variety of opinions in its ea
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3 External link

• "Aliyah" - the word and its meaning