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What is the synagogue |
It is the building where Jews meet,worship God and study his law |
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When did Jews begin to worship in synagogue |
After the destruction if temples by the romans |
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What shape is the synagogue |
Rectangle |
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What does synagogue mean |
It means a gathering or a place or house of assembly |
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When where the first synagogues built |
The first synagogues where built when the jews were in exile in Babylon |
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What indicates that ths building is a synagogue? |
The sheild/start of David on the outside wall |
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Where do jews worship |
The Jews place of worship is called the synagogue |
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Where does ths focal side of the synagogue face? |
It faces Jerusalem |
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What makes the Star of David |
Two interlocking triangles |
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What is covered by a curtain when doors are shut |
The ark |
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What is above the Ark? |
Two tablets on which are written in Hebrew the first words of the ten commandments. |
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The ___ is a decorated cabinet or cupboard and the focal point of the synagogue |
The Ark |
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What are the main features inside a synagogue? |
The Ark and the Bimah |
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Another name for The Ark |
Aron Hakodesh |
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What contains scrolls on which Jewsih laws,the Torah are written? |
The Ark |
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It is placed in the center of the main wall,facing Jerusalem |
The Ark |
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What is know before whom you stand |
Words words below first words of the Ten Commandments |
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Above the Ark is a light called the Everlasting light or...... |
Ner Tamid |
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It is the same perpetual light that |
Signifies the light in the Jewish temple. |
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What is the Bimah? |
This is a raised platform in the center or front of the synagogue from where the Torah is read to the congregation. |
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The ner tamid assures Jews that |
God is always with them |
