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    A parochet (Hebrew: פרוכת, romanized: parôkheth; Yiddish: פרוכת, romanized: paroykhes), meaning "curtain" or "screen", is the curtain that covers the Torah...
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    which was separated from the other parts of the temple by a thick curtain (parochet). The Holy of Holies could be entered only by the high priest on the Day...
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    custom). The parochet is an ornate cloth that resembles the same cloth that was once on the golden Ark. Both the aron kodesh and parochet are usually inscribed...
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    Lublin. A velvet parochet, funded by women in 1925 or 1926, survived, measuring 180 by 120 cm (71 by 47 in). Since 1945, ihe parochet has been used in...
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    the Holy of Holies. The Ark is often closed with an ornate curtain, the parochet פרוכת‎, which hangs outside or inside the ark doors. Other traditional...
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    Torah scrolls are kept (the ark is often closed with an ornate curtain (parochet) outside or inside the ark doors); The elevated reader's platform (called...
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    Jerusalem when Solomon's Temple and the Second Temple were standing. The parochet, a brocade curtain with cherubim motifs woven directly into the fabric...
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    Library Religious art Mizrach, object indicating the direction of prayer Parochet, curtain of the Torah Ark Shiviti, meditative text Kanof, Abram (1982)...
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    Muslim cover on the cenotaph was replaced with an Israeli flag and then a parochet. From then onwards, the Israeli Ministry of Religious Affairs began the...
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    the modern Israeli fortification structure Bottom: Sarcophagus with a parochet covering Shown within State of Palestine Location near Bethlehem Region...
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