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Definition of Bimah
1. Noun. The elevated platform in a Jewish synagogue from which the Torah is read. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bimah
1. bema [n -S] - See also: bema
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bimah
Literary usage of Bimah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Max Lilienthal, American Rabbi: Life and Writings by David Philipson, Max E. Lilienthal (1915)
"Some old men, enveloped in their Talith, came to meet me, while about twenty
young men had taken their places upon the bimah to accompany, ..."
2. Biblical Researches and Travels in Russia: Including a Tour in the Crimea by Ebenezer Henderson (1826)
"If we suppose Paul and Barnabas to have been seated in such a bimah in the
synagogue at ... Having been conveyed in a kind of mock solemnity to the bimah, ..."
3. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1860)
"At the eastern end of the island the Dutch have a small fortification, at the
port of bimah. The principal exports of this island are teak timber and horses ..."
4. The Jews and Moors in Spain by Joseph Krauskopf (1886)
"On this "bimah" is the Reader's desk, and the Rabbi's pulpit, placed there, that
the vast audience may have the opportunity of advantageous hearing. ..."
5. The Jewish Travel Guide by Betsy Sheldon (2001)
"... townhome and converted it into a synagogue, complete with center bimah, a
skylight, and a women's gallery. Its Ark, bimah, and seating came from Shaar ..."
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