Bimah or Bimmah may refer to: Bema or, in Jewish contexts, bimah: an elevated platform, a dais; also "stage" in Modern Hebrew Bimah Prefecture in Togo...

Binah is a prefecture located in the Kara Region of Togo. At the time of the 2022 census it had a population of 84,199 people. The prefecture seat is located...

with the Torah ark at one end, typically opposite the main entrance, and a bimah either in front of that, or more centrally placed. Raised galleries, usually...

it is used for Torah reading during services, the term used is bima or bimah. The Ancient Greek bēma (βῆμα) means both 'platform' and 'step', being derived...

reading desk. Bimah of the Saluzzo Synagogue, Saluzzo, Italy Bimah of the Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, US Cast-iron Bimah of the Old Synagogue...

(hakafah) around the bimah of the synagogue once daily. On Hoshana Rabbah, there are seven circuits (hakafot). Making a circuit around the bimah on Sukkot while...

Jews". Jewish News Weekly. Retrieved May 3, 2006. "13 – AND COUNTING; From bimah to bemoaning just about everything...why this overnight change in kids?"...

outside or inside the ark doors); The elevated reader's platform (called bimah by Ashkenazim and tebah by Sephardim), where the Torah is read (and services...

At the center of the synagogue is a large elevated area, known as the bimah, where the Torah is read. This is equivalent to the tabernacle's altars...

rib design.: 172–173  The bimah from which Torah scrolls are read is located between the two pillars. The base of the bimah repeats the twelve vine motif...

"going up") is the calling of a member of a Jewish congregation up to the bimah for a segment of the formal Torah reading. A person receiving an aliyah...

removed. The Torah is then carried by the one leading the services to the bimah — a platform or table from which it will be read; further prayers are recited...

the local Ashkenazi community. A stone plaque placed to the left of the bimah records the gift of 180 ducats, donated by a man named Shlomo in 1532 for...

circles her groom seven times before marriage, when dancing around the bimah during Simchat Torah (or when dancing in a circle at any time), or when...

The ark and bimah of the Parur Synagogue are now displayed in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem...

the 16th century, taking out the scrolls and filing solemnly around the bimah on the night of the 23rd of Tishri became customary. On the same evening...

Reconstructed vault and bimah in the Museum of the History of Polish Jews...

sworn in on a stack of three Hebrew Bibles, including one that was on the bimah during the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. Long weaving his Jewish identity...

the congregation had dwindled, the synagogue was closed and its benches, bimah, and other contents were shipped to Israel, where they were installed in...

Other reasons have been suggested as well. Some synagogues decorate the bimah with a canopy of flowers and plants so that it resembles a chuppah, as Shavuot...

pulpit and lectern. Equivalent platforms for speakers are the bema (bima, bimah) of ancient Greece and Jewish synagogues, and the minbar of Islamic mosques...

architectural styles. At the entrance one can see Moorish style arches. The bimah, for reading of the Torah, is located in front of the Torah ark, opposite...

issues. Interfaith Worker Justice's annual "Labor in the Pulpit/on the Bimah/in the Minbar" program placed pro-union speakers in houses of worship during...

25, 2004). "Jew of Arcadia: The religious-themed CBS show heads to the bimah". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Marotta, Jenna (7 November...

describing the holiday being observed are read aloud from a Torah scroll on the bimah (platform) used at the center of the synagogue services. During the Jewish...

following the immigration of Jews to Bathurst Manor. The aron kodesh and bimah were taken from the Henry st. location, which subsequently became a Russian...

underwent numerous changes. The women's gallery that looked down on the ark and bimah was converted into a full second floor. Arches around the windows and the...

measures 18 by 7 m (59 by 23 ft). As is usual in Italian synagogues, the Bimah and Torah Ark are located at opposite sides of the room, with the space...

1882–1893. The disposition of the synagogue is reform – the reading platform, bimah, is situated at the eastern wall, not in the central space as in older synagogues...

rooms dedicated to various other services and functions. There is a raised bimah in the sanctuary, from which services are conducted, which is where the...