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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


Example Sentences

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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

“Meretz won’t be in a government of that kind,” Regional Cooperation Minister Esawi Frej said in an interview with the Maariv newspaper.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2021

"Give me some water—I said Minchah and Maariv by the way, while I was at work."

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

Yet a recent poll in the daily Ma'ariv gave Peres a 76% popularity rating.

From Time Magazine Archive

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