Phrase guide
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noun
The person who reads from the Torah scroll during religious services.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism
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noun
A person who has been trained to read from a Torah scroll.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism
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History
Borrowed from Yiddish בעל קורא (bal koyre), from Hebrew בַּעַל קוֹרֵא (bá'al koré), an alternative of בַּעַל קְרִיאָה (bá'al k'ri'á, literally “master of reading”).
