Tuesday, 04 January 2011

Bimah

: We see the tebáh (reader’s platform) in the foreground, and the Hekhál (Ark) in the background.]] A bimah (among Ashkenazim, derived from Greek ), almemar (from Arabic al-minbar) or tebah (among Sephardim) is the elevated area or platform in a Jewish synagogue which is intended to serve the place where the person reading aloud from the Torah stands during the Torah reading service. The bimah is sometimes misdescribed as an altar or tower. The bimah was located in the centre 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 Temple in Jerusalem during the Hakhel ceremony. While the original meaning of the word referred to the platform, the table from which the Torah scroll is read can also be referred to as the bimah, even when it is not on a platform. This later became a sign of the Orthodox synagogue in the mid-nineteenth century. The Reform (Neolog) temples moved the bimah to the front of the temple facing the congregation. One of the well-known decrees of the Chatam Sofer was that the bimah must remain in the centre of an Orthodox synagogue.

during the reading of the Scroll of Esther on Purim 2007]] The bimah is typically elevated by two or three steps, as was the bimah in the Temple. At the celebration of the Shavuot holiday when synagogues are decorated with flowers, many synagogues have special arches that they place over the bimah and adorn with floral displays. The importance of the bimah is to show that the reader is the most important at that moment in time, and to make it easier to hear their reader of the Torah. A raised bimah will typically have a railing. This was a religious requirement for safety in bimah more than 10 handbreadths high (somewhere between 83 and 127 centimeters). A lower bimah (even one step) will typically have a railing as a practical measure to prevent someone from inadvertently stepping off.

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Lincolnwood, IL Never been to an Orthodox Jewish wedding? Weren't cool enough to get invited to Adi and Shayna's wedding last month in Chicago? Well, fret no more; here's the video! With Sarah, Eric, and Adi there (and let's not forget Andrew), it was like one big Buddyhead messageboard reunion. All that was missing was Ollie Oohla to round it all out. You'll have to get to the midpoint -- about 5 minutes in -- to see me on the bimah do a bracha (that's prayer in Hebrew, for the kinder, gentiler people out there). (Also note that I said bimah and not tebah. See? I'm culturally sensitive to those crazy Ashkenazim...Yeesh!)

Purim Torah Reading in Tampa

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Duration: 6:20
Published: 2007-03-06
Uploaded: 2010-08-27
Author: mesitampabay

Rabbi Uriel Rivkin reads the Torah on Purim 5767 (2007) in Tampa. By tradition the Torah portion is from Parshat Beshalach in the Book of Shemot (Exodus) 17:8 - 17:16. In order to Lain the Torah (read it in the traditional chant) one must memorize the melodies for the whole Torah as the Sefer Torah (hand-written Torah scroll) has no musical notation as well as no vowels. In addition to the congregation member being honored with an Aliyah, Rabbi Rivkin is flanked by a few people. One is the Gabbi who is responsible for calling congregants to the Torah and offering a Mishaberach (special blessing) to them on the completion of their Aliyah on Shabbos on holidays, and also helping with the reading. Each congregant honored with an Aliyah says the blessings before and after the reading and also remains at the Bimah (the table for reading the Torah) until the next reading is finished. By tradition there must be three congregants at the Bimah during the reading. The Torah reading is a central part of morning prayer services on Shabbos (Saturday) as well as on Holidays. A shorter reading service of only three Aliyot is done on Mondays and Thursdays during Shacharis (the morning prayer order). The shorter version is what we see here. The public reading of the Torah is a tradition well over two-thousand-years-old, and the rules and the melodies of the reading are equally venerable.Thank you for viewing our films. We hope you enjoy them and learn form them. Please feel free to post <b>...</b>

Reading the Torah in Tampa

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Duration: 0:14
Published: 2006-10-23
Uploaded: 2010-12-11
Author: mesitampabay

Rabbi Levi Rivkin reads the Torah on Hoshanna Rabbah 5767 (2006) in Tampa. This is just a short portion of one Aliyah (one of the seven divisions of the weekly Torah reading). In order to Lain the Torah (read it in the traditional chant) one must memorize the melodies for the whole Torah as the Sefer Torah (hand-written Torah scroll) has no musical notation as well as no vowels. In addition to the congregation member being honored with an Aliyah, Rabbi Rivkin is flanked by a few people. One is the Gabbi who is responsible for calling congregants to the Torah and offering a Mishaberach (special blessing) to them on the completion of their Aliyah, and also helping with the reading. Each congregant honored with an Aliyah says the blessings before and after the reading and also remains at the Bimah (the table for rading the Torah) until the next reading is finished. By tradition there must be three congregants at the Bimah during the reading. The Torah reading is a central part of morning prayer services on Shabbos (Saturday) as well as on Holidays. A shorter reading service of only three Aliyot is done on Mondays and Thursdays during Shacharis (the morning prayer order). The public reading of the Torah is a tradition well over two-thousand-years-old, and the rules and the melodies of the reading are equally venerable.Thank you for viewing our films. We hope you enjoy them and learn form them. Please feel free to post comments or ask us questions. We will try to make a film <b>...</b>

lwaki onimba.mpg

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Duration: 4:36
Published: 2010-01-29
Uploaded: 2010-06-30
Author: MrflevorD

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10 Minute Topics: The Synagogue and Religious Functionaries

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Duration: 9:52
Published: 2009-06-21
Uploaded: 2010-12-07
Author: becomingjewishorg

The next in a weekly series of 10 minute topics teaching about various topics within Judaism. This week's topic is: The Synagogue and Religious Functionaries. In Hebrew the synagogue is known as the beit k'nesset (house of assembly). The synagogue is also known as a beit tefillah (house of prayer) and a beit midrash (house of study). In Yiddish the synagogue is known by the term "shul". Although synagogues existed well before the destruction of the 2nd Temple in 70 CE, communal worship in the time while the Temple still stood centered around the korbanot ("sacrificial offerings") brought by the kohanim ("priests") in the Holy Temple. Outside Sources: Synagogue (en.wikipedia.org

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