baal korei
The person who reads from the Torah scroll during religious services.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˌbɑːl ˈkəʊ.ɹeɪ/
- Rhymes: -əʊɹeɪ
Noun
- The person who reads from the Torah scroll during religious services.
Judaism
- A person who has been trained to read from a Torah scroll.
Judaism
Origin
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”).