More likely, the brick synagogue was built over many years atop an existing wooden one. The new structure was more ornate, with colorful frescoes of plants and animals, a magnificent Torah ark, and a ...

Ark of the Covenant This is the most important ... the whole world it allows those present to hear the words of the Torah The synagogue is also used for other events such as weddings and celebrations.

I’m Orthodox and this is my synagogue – the place where Jewish people worship. Let’s go in! This is the ark, where we keep the Torah, an important scroll which contains Jewish rules and stories.

I was terrified but undaunted. When I finally got to synagogue, I entered the dark, empty sanctuary. I opened the doors of the holy ark where the Torah scrolls rested, and I spontaneously uttered ...

The Rabbinical Council of Tzohar, an Israeli Orthodox rabbinical organization, suggests that communities hold a silent hakafah, in which congregants walk around the ark of the Torah “more or ...