bimah

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• Khakham David auctioned off three aliyot and the privilege to look after the Torah while it was on the bimah.

  Academic text (2001)

• They gathered on the bimah and read the Torah in stops and starts, forming an island of prayer in the middle of the storm.

  Academic text (2001)

• Then Rabbi Felsenthal called the contestants onto the bimah, the raised platform, where they delivered their turn in full view of the packed house.

  Fiction book (2000)

• When the Georgian Jews went to the big hall to read the Torah, they all gathered on the bimah at the front of the room.

  Academic text (2001)

• One elderly Russian Jew told me that the big hall had a prayer for peace and a prayer for the Soviet Union flanking each side of the bimah.

  Academic text (2001)

• He stood up there on the bimah last weekend chanting Torah, singing songs, and giving a thought-provoking sermon.

  Blog text (20)

• After finishing the main morning prayer called the Amidah, the Russian Jews, the three Western Ashkenazic Jews, the Bukharan Jew, and two elderly Georgian Jews gathered around the bimah to hear the reading of the Torah.

  Academic text (2001)

• Mark read his Torah portion from a bimah hastily erected a few months earlier to serve as a sanctuary for the Brotherhood Synagogue, the same role for which the building had been created as the Quaker meetinghouse in Gramercy Park.

  Academic text (2000)

• The rabbi stood on the bimah, reading from the Torah during the service.

• During the Rosh Hashanah service, the congregation gathered around the bimah for prayer and reflection.

Synonyms

B

bema

vsbimah

1 9.9

A raised area in a church or synagogue where religious leaders stand to speak

is more specific, used only for reading the Torah and leading services

How High

rostrum

3 7.1

bimah

• Jargon

1 9.9

platform

90 1.6

floor

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology