Maariv
noun
the Jewish religious service conducted every evening.
Maariv
American
[mah-ah-reev, mah-r iv]
/ mɑ ɑˈriv, ˈmɑ rɪv /
Or
Maarib
noun
Hebrew.
Ma'ariv
British
/ ˈmɑɪriv, mɑɑˈriv /
noun
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
A poll published in the Israeli daily Maariv newspaper found that 49% said "it would be better to wait" before beginning a large-scale ground offensive, while 29% disagreed.
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
Ben Caspit, another Netanyahu biographer, asked in a column in mid-February in the newspaper Maariv.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
They had concluded Maariv, recited the first four chapters of the Psalms and the Song of Unity, and the people went home, to lay in new strength for the morrow.
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
Ido Dissentchik, editor of the conservative daily newspaper Ma'ariv, called the shutdown of the territories a "hysterical step" by desperate officials trying to hide their own actions.
From Time Magazine Archive
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