A Torah ark (also known as the hekhal, Hebrew: היכל, or aron qodesh, אֲרוֹן קׄדֶש) is an ornamental chamber in the synagogue that houses the Torah scrolls...
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of passages from a Torah scroll. The term often refers to the entire ceremony of removing the scroll (or scrolls) from the Torah ark, chanting the appropriate...
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A Torah scroll (Hebrew: סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה, Sefer Torah, lit. "Book of Torah"; plural: סִפְרֵי תוֹרָה Sifrei Torah) is a handwritten copy of the Torah, meaning...
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congregations, this is the only time of year on which the Torah scrolls are taken out of the ark and read at night. In the morning, the last parashah of...
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from a flood Ark of bulrushes, the boat of the infant Moses Ark of the Covenant, chest for the tablets of the Ten Commandments Torah ark, a cabinet used...
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Ben Ezra Synagogue (section Torah ark)
synagogue was rebuilt in the 1025–1040 period. Study of a carved wood Torah ark door reliably attributed to the synagogue sheds light on the history of...
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Plymouth Synagogue (section Torah Ark)
of Teck). The interior is simple, with the exception of the elaborate Torah ark. The building has a flat ceiling and a women's gallery along three walls...
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Synagogue architecture (section The Ark)
is a minyan, a quorum, of ten. A synagogue always contains an Torah ark where the Torah scrolls are kept, called the aron qodesh (Hebrew: אָרוֹן קׄדֶש)...
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covers the Torah ark (Aron Kodesh) containing the Torah scrolls in a synagogue. The parochet symbolizes the curtain that covered the Ark of the Covenant...
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