Elevated platform, often at the front of the sanctuary, from which the Torah is read.
The desk form which the Torah is read in the synagogue
(BEE-mah) n. Platform; pulpit; elevated platform in middle of synagogue.
The stage or platform on which the person leading prayers stands.
The dais in the center of the synagogue, where the Torah is read.
Platform the Torah is read from in Shul
The platform in a synagogue from which the law (Torah)is read and from whic the reader leads the congregation in prayer.
(BEE-mah) Raised area at the front or center of a synagogue from which the Torah is read.
Platform in a synagogue where the cantor stands and Torah readings take place.
The raised platform in the synagogue from which the Torah is read and from which worship services are usually conducted. The platform is called tevah in Sephardic synagogues. Reader's stand in synagogue.
A raised platform with a reader's desk or table from which the reading of the law and other Jewish liturgical functions are conducted.
the dais from which the Torah is read in the synagogue
the platform or podium in the synagogue. p. 77, 210
A platform on which the Torah is read; see Chs. 10 - 11.
The pedestal on which the Torah scrolls are placed when they are being read in the synagogue; i.e., the pulpit.
The raised dais at the front of the synagogue (in the center in Sephardic synogogues) usually facing the east to Jerusalem, where the officiants stand and lead the service.
A bimah (among Ashkenazim) or tebah (among Sephardim) is the elevated area or platform in a Jewish synagogue which is intended to serve as the place where the person reading aloud from the Torah stands during the Torah reading service. The bimah is sometimes described as an altar or tower. The bimah was located in the center of the synagogue most likely just as the temporary wooden Bimah (this is the origin of the term) was central to the "women's courtyard" of the Jewish Temple during the Hakhel ceremony.