bimah

bi·mah | \ ˈbē-mə

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variants: or less commonly bima

Definition of bimah

: a raised platform in a synagogue from which the Torah is read

Examples of bimah in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Rows of tables and plastic chairs face an ornate wooden pulpit, or bimah. — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, "The Message of Measles," 26 Aug. 2019 The boy had been halfway up the bleachers just to the right of the bimah. — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, "The Message of Measles," 26 Aug. 2019 At the end of the evening, she and her pregnant wife, Shelley, 39, a digital marketing specialist, were taken by surprise when they were called to the bimah, the platform where the Torah is read. — Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, "Gay and Once Divorced, a Canadian Rabbi Broadens Judaism’s Tent," 12 July 2019 After a minor scuffle, Cardboard Chuck was moved in front of the bimah. — Jeet Heer, The New Republic, "Angry Brooklyn Democrats berate cardboard cutout of Chuck Schumer.," 3 July 2018

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“Bimah.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bimah. Accessed 21 January 2020.

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