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bimah

In Judaism, a raised platform in a synagogue from which the Torah scroll is read.



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It was, like, mayhem as I looked out from the bimah into the audience.
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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 ... by Bolonik, Kera / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
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 ... by LIVEZEY, LOWELL W. / Cross Currents
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