- Holy of Holies,
originally containing the Ark of the Covenant. The main
hekhal contained a
number of
sacred ritual objects including the seven-branched...
- The
Hekhal Haness Synagogue (Hebrew: בית הכנסת היכל הנס) is the
largest synagogue in Geneva, Switzerland. On May 24, 2007, the
synagogue was
severely damaged...
- A
Torah ark (also
known as the
hekhal, Hebrew: היכל, or aron qodesh, אֲרוֹן קׄדֶש)
refers to an
ornamental chamber in the
synagogue that
houses the Torah...
-
features of a
synagogue are: The ark (called aron ha-kodesh by Ashke****m and
hekhal by Sephardim)
where the
Torah scrolls are kept (the ark is
often closed...
- tradition. One of the
Hebrew inscriptions mentions the
hekhal,
reading "I will bow down
before Your Holy
hekhal...." The
second focus, the
bimah (elevated platform)...
-
Heichal Shlomo (
Hekhal of Solomon: Hebrew: היכל שְׁלֹמֹה,
Heikhal Shlomo;
meaning 'Palace of Solomon') is the
former seat of the
Chief Rabbinate of Israel...
- the Priests; and the
Temple building itself, with the
larger Holy
Place (
hekhal),
called the "greater house" and the "temple" and the
smaller "inner sanctum"...
-
called the aron
qodesh (Hebrew: אָרוֹן קׄדֶש) by Ashke**** Jews and the
hekhal (היכל) by
Sephardic Jews.
Synagogues are
buildings for
congregational worship...
-
Interior of the
Amsterdam Synagogue: the bema (or tebáh) is in the foreground, and the
Hekhál (Ark) in the background....
-
separated the Holy of
Holies from the main hall (Hebrew: היכל, romanized:
hekhal) of the
Temple in Jerusalem. Its use in
synagogues is a
reference to the...
