Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Vorbeterpult

English translation:

bima(h), almemar, tebah, reader's stand

Added to glossary by Paul Cohen
Dec 6, 2009 23:33
14 yrs ago
German term

Vorbeterpult

German to English Other Religion Judaism, synagogue, architecture
From MS dated 30s in Bavaria, description of a structure within a synagogue:
Die Frauen stifteten zwei Vorhaenge und Decken fuer Vorbeterpult und Kanzel.

It is possible that the word is not spelled correctly.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +3 bima
Change log

Dec 13, 2009 14:17: Paul Cohen changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1168037">Michalsuz's</a> old entry - "Vorbeterpult"" to ""bima""

Proposed translations

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bima

"The raised platform from which the Torah is read is called the bima (meaning "high place"). According to tradition, we read the Torah from an elevated platform to signify our respect for its holiness."
http://scheinerman.net/judaism/synagogue/visiting.html

"Vorbeterpult, Leuchter, Ampel und Orgel
Vor dem Toraschrein war ein Podium mit dem Vorbeterpult (Bima)."
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alte_Synagoge_(Dresden)

Peer comment(s):

agree Kim Metzger : And one more for good measure. http://www.mendelssohn-dessau.de/cmsfiles/Textproben/ulbrich...
19 mins
agree Ingeborg Gowans (X)
1 hr
neutral Erich Friese : spelling ??? what about: (Almemor = Bimah or reader's stand).
6 hrs
Yes! Also possible: bimah (with an "H") or almemar or tebah (Sephardim) or reader's stand
agree Rolf Keiser
9 hrs
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