leyn

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Etymology

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

Verb

leyn (third-person singular simple present leyns, present participle leyning, simple past and past participle leyned)

  1. (Judaism) to read from a Torah scroll
  2. (Judaism, by extension) to recite the haftarah, megillah or other ritualized text

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