bimah

noun

variants or bima
Definition of bimahnext
as in altar
a raised platform in a synagogue from which the Torah is read He stepped up to the bimah for the reading.

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Recent Examples of bimah The rabbis had asked several members who’d made trips there to talk about their experiences while standing on the bimah, before the Acheinu prayer was read. — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026 We were led by women instead of the all-male cast of rabbis that blanketed the other bimahs across town. — Literary Hub, 1 Dec. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for bimah
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  1. altar
  2. pulpit
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  • From Jon Hamm and Anna Osceola’s Mad Men beginnings to Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos’ soap opera fairy tale, here’s a look at the stars whose Hollywood love stories went beyond the set to the wedding altar.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Ultimately, the pair didn’t make it to the altar, but Taylor’s 66 love letters to her first flame were auctioned off upon her passing in 2011.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of altar
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  • The first and second floors feature large assembly halls with rows of pulpits on different levels, representing a hierarchy of the priesthood just emerging in early Mormon practice.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Hurst in ‘93 was among the first inside the church upon the flooding, which lifted the pews off the floor and toppled the statues and rose high enough, more than 9 feet, to fill the pulpit.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of pulpit

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