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Arks in the Yochanan ben Zakai Synagogue in Old Jerusalem.The building was originally constructed in the 17th century. The ark is also known as the ark of law, or in Hebrew the Aron Kodesh (אָרוֹן קׄדֶש) or aron ha-Kodesh ('holy ark') in Ashkenazi communities and as the Hekhal ('sanctuary') among Sefardi communities.
The Torah Ark, called in Hebrew ארון קודש Aron Kodesh [30] or 'holy chest' , and alternatively called the heikhal— היכל or 'temple' by Sephardic Jews, is a cabinet in which the Torah scrolls are kept. The ark in a synagogue is almost always positioned in such a way such that those who face it are facing towards Jerusalem. [30]
Open Bible Churches is affiliated with New Hope Christian College, [1] an accredited Bible college in Eugene, Oregon, INSTE Bible College [2] in Ankeny, Iowa, Harvest Bible College, located at First Church of the Open Bible in Des Moines, Iowa, and Toledo School of Ministry in Toledo, Ohio. Open Bible publishes the Message of the Open Bible ...
Temple Shalom of Northwest Arkansas is an unaffiliated Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 699 North Sang Avenue, in the Fayetteville area of Arkansas, in the United States. [1] The small, mixed-denomination congregation is affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism , yet it supports a variety of activities and services for Jews of ...
The Ark Synagogue is a Liberal Judaism Synagogue situated in Northwood, in a northwest London suburb, in the London Borough of Hillingdon, in the United Kingdom. Since its foundation in 1964 it has become the largest Liberal Jewish Synagogue outside of central London with over 1100 adult and 300 younger members. [ 1 ]
Parochet on a mobile ark at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. A parochet (Hebrew: פרוכת, romanized: parôkheth; Yiddish: פרוכת, romanized: paroykhes), meaning "curtain" or "screen", [1] is the curtain that covers the Torah ark (Aron Kodesh) containing the Torah scrolls in a synagogue.
The modern town of Kiryat Ye'arim (Town of Forests) is named for the homonymous ancient city (common English spelling: Kiriath-Jearim), mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the site where the Ark of the Covenant has been kept for 20 years, according to the Book of Samuel. From here the Ark was taken to Jerusalem by King David (I Chronicles 13, 5-8).
The old Arabic name of Abu Ghosh, Qaryat al-'Inab (Arabic: قرية العنب, lit. 'Village of the Grapes'), has led to its identification with the biblical site of Kiryat Ye'arim (Hebrew meaning: "Village of Woods"), [2] the town to which the Ark of the Covenant was taken after it had left Beth-shemesh (1 Samuel 6:1–7:2). [4]