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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

"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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

Because the Torah scrolls are generally large, the central feature of the bimah in a synagogue is a table large enough to hold an open Torah along with...

columns, which surround but do not form part of the bimah. The bimah is a 1936 reproduction of the bimah lost in a fire in 1934. The masonry columns survived...

(Deuteronomy 31:10–13). The bimah is located in the center of Orthodox synagogues, and in the front of Reform synagogues. The word bimah is almost certainly derived...

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...

Canaanite sacred tree or pole honouring Asherah, consort of El Bema and bimah, elevated platform Benben Ceremonial pole High place, raised place of worship...

dividing the roof-area into nine equal fields. In these synagogues the bimah is a free-standing podium or a bower situated within the central field between...

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...

bimah, adorned with Solomonic columns with floral decorations, is the rabbi's lectern. The pulpit floor leads to three windows. Opposite to the bimah...

parts with the Ark carved into the wall in the center of the room. The bimah is situated perpendicular to the Ark and occupies a large part of the center...