aufruf

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aufruf

/ˈʊfˌɹʊf/

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Borrowed from Yiddish אויפֿרוף (oyfruf, “summoning”), with the spelling influenced by German Aufruf.

noun aufrufs

Judaism An aliyah (Torah reading) made by the bridegroom, typically on the Shabbat before the wedding; a gathering at which this occurs. My Hebrew is horrible, but my Haftarah trope's pretty good. :-) My father-in-law taught me the haftarah trope for my aufruf; that was my first one ever. I just did the haftarah yesterday (my excuse being my wife's birthday), and I'll use my birthday in a couple of months as my excuse for doing a thi

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@misc{aufruf_2026,
  title = {aufruf},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aufruf},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}