bima

Stand and sit when the rest of the congregation does. ark, the large cabinet at the center of the stage at the front of the synagogue (called the bima), is open.

InterfaithFamily.com 2009

They hoped to mark Simchas Torah in their tradition known as 'menora,' taking the sifrei torah and placing them on the bima, which is specially decorated for the occasion.

YESHIVA WORLD NEWS 2008

I locked eyes with Andy Klein, the incredible rabbi, who was across the room, on the other side of the bima where the Torah scroll sits.

Claudia Ricci: "Winter Whether" Brings Back Memories of My Cancer Claudia Ricci 2011

During the last years of his life, my father, broken down by illness, barely able to carry a cup of tea from the kitchen to the den, would stand beside the rabbi and cantor on the bima during the chanting of this blessed prayer, cradling the hallowed Torah in his arms.

Cheryl Pearl Sucher: Life Is Prayer During The Days Of Awe Cheryl Pearl Sucher 2011

I locked eyes with Andy Klein, the incredible rabbi, who was across the room, on the other side of the bima where the Torah scroll sits.

Claudia Ricci: "Winter Whether" Brings Back Memories of My Cancer Claudia Ricci 2011

Watching her parents, my stepsister and her husband, up on the bima giving a flawless, moving speech about their daughter.

Jennifer Cullen: The Thing I Miss Most About Being Married Jennifer Cullen 2011

During the last years of his life, my father, broken down by illness, barely able to carry a cup of tea from the kitchen to the den, would stand beside the rabbi and cantor on the bima during the chanting of this blessed prayer, cradling the hallowed Torah in his arms.

Cheryl Pearl Sucher: Life Is Prayer During The Days Of Awe Cheryl Pearl Sucher 2011

Watching her parents, my stepsister and her husband, up on the bima giving a flawless, moving speech about their daughter.

Jennifer Cullen: The Thing I Miss Most About Being Married Jennifer Cullen 2011

When the skyline-of-Jerusalem clock at the back of the women's section reads a quarter past the Wailing Wall, a ten-year old boy ascends the bima to finish the service.

The Search Susan Kleinman 2011

An Israeli and a German, a scholar and a musician, he finds inspiration in Talmud and on iTunes and is as comfortable on the bima (altar) as he is gliding on his bicycle through the streets of his West Hollywood neighborhood.

Sylvia Sukop: Germany's First Jewish Cantor Since the Holocaust Finds a New Home in Los Angeles 2010