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Recent Examples of bimah
Eleven Jewish teenagers—nine girls and two boys—stand on the bimah around Rabbi Landau who has on thick, black-rimmed glasses.
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Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
Then, Fixler took to the bimah himself.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2025
The flags of the U.S. and Israel will both be displayed on the bimah, or raised platform, at the front of the sanctuary.
—Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2023
The discovery this week follows the 2019 unearthing of the Tuscan baroque-style bimah, the synagogue’s central prayer platform, in the same dig by a team of international scholars headed by Jon Seligman, director of the antiquities authority’s Excavations, Surveys and Research Department.
—Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Sep. 2021
Half was hidden in a safe under the bimah of a synagogue so that even the Germans could not find it.
—New York Times, 4 May 2022
On the bimah, Charlotte has shown her maturity — proving it even to herself.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 4 Feb. 2022
Excavations led by a joint Israeli and Lithuanian team uncovered the Torah ark, or Aron Kodesh—the cabinet that holds a synagogue’s sacred scroll—and the bimah, or raised prayer platform.
—Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Aug. 2021
The team also found the entire façade of the bimah, as well as the remains of one of four pillars that held up the building’s roof.
—Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Aug. 2021
Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
Then, Fixler took to the bimah himself.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2025
The flags of the U.S. and Israel will both be displayed on the bimah, or raised platform, at the front of the sanctuary.
—Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2023
The discovery this week follows the 2019 unearthing of the Tuscan baroque-style bimah, the synagogue’s central prayer platform, in the same dig by a team of international scholars headed by Jon Seligman, director of the antiquities authority’s Excavations, Surveys and Research Department.
—Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Sep. 2021
Half was hidden in a safe under the bimah of a synagogue so that even the Germans could not find it.
—New York Times, 4 May 2022
On the bimah, Charlotte has shown her maturity — proving it even to herself.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 4 Feb. 2022
Excavations led by a joint Israeli and Lithuanian team uncovered the Torah ark, or Aron Kodesh—the cabinet that holds a synagogue’s sacred scroll—and the bimah, or raised prayer platform.
—Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Aug. 2021
The team also found the entire façade of the bimah, as well as the remains of one of four pillars that held up the building’s roof.
—Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bimah
Noun
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Those not in favour of his promotion to the captaincy lament that his presence will result in slow football and fewer minutes for the more exciting new players, as if Guardiola’s ‘pausa’ and possession have been sacrificed at the altar so that Ljinders and Cherki can spearhead a glorious new dawn.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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Meanwhile, Burrell was accompanied at the altar by four bridesmaids, including her sister Jane.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
17 June 2025
Noun
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The people who have spoken from this pulpit are remarkable.—
Samantha Balaban,
NPR,
14 June 2025
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Two California pollsters found that Newsom’s recent political pivot did not endear him to state voters, either. ‘Bully pulpit’ But there is some potentially good news in all this for Newsom.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2025
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“Bimah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bimah. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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