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Yes, that is the back desk, the front is called the Amud.

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In which religious building would a bimah be found?

A bimah is found in a synagogue.


Who uses the bimah?

The bimah is the raised platform located either at the front or centre of a synagogue. It's from the bimah that religious services are led. This means that you can find the Rabbi, Cantor, and synagogue officials on the bimah during services.


Why is a bimah raised?

The bimah or bema in a is raised so everyone in the room can see and hear the person standing there. The bimah is the raised platform in a synagogue that holds the reading table where the Torah is unrolled for reading. Most of a synagogue service is frequently led from the bimah. Different architectural traditioins place the bimah in the rear, center or front of the synagogue.


What is the Bimah in a othodox synagogue?

The Bimah is raised for the core worship of the synagogue


What is the bimah?

The bimah is the raised platform located at the center of a synagogue. It is used for reading the Torah out loud during the services.


What is the raised platform in the center of the synagogue?

It is called a "bima" - pronounced "bee-MAH."


What does the word bimah mean in Hebrew?

The bimah is the special table on which the Torah-scroll is placed when being read from in the synagogue. See also:More about Jewish prayer-services


What is the name of the person that reads out the Bimah?

The 'bimah' is the raised platform at the front of the synagogue. Anyone involved in leading a religious service will stand on it.


What is a synogogue platform?

Also known as a bimah, they are raised platforms in the center of the synagogue with a raised reading desk, where the Ashkenazi (German) ritual, the Torah, and the Haftarah are read during Sabbath and festivals.


How do you recognise a synagogue?

You can tell a Orthodox Synagogue is an Orthodox Synagogue because a Orthodox Synagogue has the seats for men on the floor at the sides and the back, and the womans seats on a balcony up top, and the reading desk and the bimah are in the centre. Other than a Liberal/Reform Synagogue because a Liberal/Reform Synagogue has the men and the women sit together, and the reading desk at the side in-front of the seats for the men and women.


What is the name of the platform you stand on in the synagogue during a bat mitzvah called?

Bimah


What things are in a Synagogue?

a pulpit, bimah, star of david, altar, ark, torah