A Yiddish word meaning 'calling up', referring to being called up to read from the Torah on the Shabbat before his wedding. AR/BAT MITZVAH: Coming of age (13/12) for boys and girls, and are considered as adults in their obligation in Torah and the commandments.
Aufruf (Yiddish: oyfruf, ufruf/ifrif) is the ceremony in Judaism, literally meaning "to call up" in German and Yiddish, in which the groom to be is called up for an Aliyah, or reading of the Torah. Usually this ceremony is done the Shabbos before the wedding, but in certain cases is done a few weeks before (or in the case of sephardic Jews, the week after the wedding).