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Bema

An ancient Greek unit of length approximately equivalent to 1.54 meters. It was also called a diploun bema.
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Stretching along the platform behind the bimah is a full-height wall formed of vertical white-painted wood slats backed with white fabric.
Big tent philosophy: spatial reorganization and relighting of a tent-like 1950s' synagogue in Beverly Hills creates an environment of contemporary elegance that respects its historical origin
From the architectural point of view, during the time of the ghetto, the synagogues were much simpler externally, but not in terms of the aron or bimah.
The role of the holy place in memory and nostalgia: the immigration of Italian Jews to Israel before and after WWII
The Orthodox Jewish tradition does not allow women on the bimah, the synagogue equivalent of the Christian church altar.
CONSERVATIVE FEMALE CANTOR FITS IN RELIGION: LINDA RICH FOLLOWS SWEET-VOICED FOREFATHERS' CAREER PATH
Finally, Tiffany glass that had decorated the Forty-third Street sanctuary was re-employed in the bimah of the Beth-El side chapel.
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Gluck, observed the way some congregations indiscriminately invite youngsters of all ages to come dashing up onto the bimah just before a service's conclusion, including the final one of Yom Kippur (Ne'ilah), and encourage them to mill around aimlessly as if at a playground.
Touching the infinite through liturgy
This is who is up on the bimah [a synagogue's raised platforin where the Torah is read].
The chosen rabbi: out rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum has led New York's largest LGBT synagogue through AIDS and 9/11--and now she's planning World Pride in Jerusalem. Her new book shares her loving message
He also noted the raised bimah at the opposite end of the room from the Ark, is also in Rococo motif.
Avignon's 'Odd Couple': the popes and Jews of medieval Provence
The orange is a modern response to a comment a conservative rabbi once made about women becoming rabbis: "A woman belongs on the bimah (the area from which the service is conducted) like an orange belongs on a Seder plate.
Symbols of the spirit
The men ceremoniously remove a Torah scroll from the ark and carry it around the sanctuary for worshipers to touch with their prayer shawls before it is placed on the bimah and read.
Communities and Enclaves: Where Jews, Christians, Hindus, and Muslims Share the Neighborhoods
Once, just as I was climbing the steps to the tebah (altar) to lead some prayers, a boy entered the synagogue and I was literally pulled off the bimah to make room for him.
Bringing identities into focus: race, gender & religion
One winning congregation ramped the sanctuary to allow access to the bimah and the Ark.
Pathways Awareness Foundation: Chicago Area Congregations Awarded for Taking Steps to Welcome Persons with Disabilities
The Bimah, a wooden structure where religious scrolls known as Torah are read out during services, will also be relocated to Israel.
Synagogue to be given new life in homes plan; ARCHITECTS INSIST THEY WILL PROTECT LISTED BUILDING'S HISTORIC CORE

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