Mizrachi

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Mizrachi or Mizrahi (Hebrew: מזרחי, romanized: mizrakhí, lit.'Middle Eastern, eastern') has two meanings.

In the literal Hebrew meaning eastern, it may refer to:

  • Mizrahi Jews, Jews from the Middle East and North Africa
  • Mizrahi (surname), a Sephardic surname, given to Jews who got to the Iberian Peninsula from the east, or Jews who lived on the eastern side of the peninsula
  • Mizrahi Hebrew, a blanket term for dialects of Mizrahi Jews
  • Mizrahi music, an Israeli musical genre
  • Mizrahi Democratic Rainbow Coalition

מִזְרָחִי‎ may also be a notarikon (Hebrew abbreviation) of מרכז רוחני‎, merkaz ruhani – "spiritual centre", introduced by rabbi Samuel Mohilever. In this meaning it may refer to:

  • Bank Mizrahi, a precursor of Bank Mizrahi-Tefahot, Israel
  • Mizrachi (religious Zionism), a religious Zionist movement
  • Mizrachi (political party) and Hapoel HaMizrachi, defunct Israeli political parties
  • Zionist Organization Mizrachi [lv], Latvia
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