leyn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. to read from a Torah scroll
  2. to recite the haftarah, megillah or other ritualized text

Word forms

leyn leyns leyning leyned layn

Etymology

From Yiddish לייענען (leyenen, “to read”).

Related words

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