Torah ark (redirect from Aron ha-Kodesh)
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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manuscript of the 14th century as siddur nusach Catalonia. In 2017, an old Aron ha-Qodesh (the sacred Ark of the synagogue where the Torah scrolls are stored)...
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The pulpit floor leads to three windows. Opposite to the bimah is the Aron haQodesh, engraved with the Ten Commandments, with the Hebrew date 5542, corresponding...
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always contains an Torah ark where the Torah scrolls are kept, called the aron qodesh (Hebrew: אָרוֹן קׄדֶש) by Ashkenazi Jews and the hekhal (היכל) by Sephardic...
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in their upper parts.: 74f. The: 74 Torah ark (Hebrew: ארון הקודש, Aron ha-Qodesh, "Holy Ark") covered with a parochet stood in this choir. It combined...
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central bimah replaced the original one located directly in front of the aron qodesh and thus also screened off by the wall. Services were held on Rosh Hashana...
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for nearly half a century. Cardozo was founder of the Chebrah 'Abodat ha-Qodesh, instituted for the study of Jewish law and its commentaries. After having...
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