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  • Maariv
    Maariv
    noun
    the Jewish religious service conducted every evening.
  • Ma'ariv
    Ma'ariv
    noun
    Judaism the evening service

Maariv

American  
[mah-ah-reev, mah-riv] / mɑ ɑˈriv, ˈmɑ rɪv /
Or Maarib

noun

Hebrew.
  1. the Jewish religious service conducted every evening.


Ma'ariv British  
/ ˈmɑɪriv, mɑɑˈriv /

noun

  1. Judaism the evening service

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Maariv

maʿărībh evening prayer

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Ben Caspit in the more centrist Maariv newspaper was even more forceful in his interpretation of the move.

From BBC Apr. 9, 2024

"It is almost certain that the developments on the matter of the hostages, which is now topping the agenda, have had a great impact on this shift," Maariv said.

From Reuters Oct. 27, 2023

“I have been strict about not using the word ‘Shoah’ in any context other than the Holocaust,” political commentator Ben Caspit wrote in the daily Maariv, referring to the Holocaust by its Hebrew name.

From Seattle Times Oct. 14, 2023

“In terms of the Republicans,” he quipped to Maariv in 2004, “Hillary Clinton is a wonderful candidate for the presidency.”

From Washington Post Aug. 19, 2017

The same thing happened at Minchah and Maariv.

From Yiddish Tales by Various

“The education ministry, which is far more important than the foreign ministry, was broken down into four or five different components,” Ben Caspit, a prominent columnist, wrote in Ma’ariv, an Israeli broadsheet, on Friday.

From New York Times Dec. 9, 2022

“We’re situated in proximity to an American operation and we view this as an entirely American affair,” the Hebrew daily Ma’ariv quoted an Israeli military official as saying.

From Time Aug. 29, 2013

Ma’ariv columnist Shalom Yerushalmi  called the balloting a deliberate effort to hobble the man.

From Time Jan. 24, 2013

Eli Bardenstein, writing in the Israeli daily Ma'ariv last week, said a series of visits by senior European officials amounted to a diplomatic blitz on Mr. Netanyahu's office.

From New York Times Sep. 12, 2012

As she later told a reporter for the Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv, she felt the same proud feeling on behalf of Israel that she had once experienced when she entered the Kremlin as Israel's first envoy.

From Time Magazine Archive

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