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(from Arabic al-minbar, `platform`), in Jewish synagogues, a raised platform with a reading desk from which, in the Ashkenazi (German) ritual, the ...
In Judaism, a raised platform in a synagogue from which the Torah scroll is read. ...
Dias. Raised platform primarily for reading the Torah in the synagogue.
In Judaism, a raised platform in a synagogue from which the Torah scroll is read
The raised platform in the synagogue where the Torah is read.
a platform in a synagogue holding the reading table used when chanting or reading portions of the Torah and the Prophets.