The object — along with 150 tons of rubble from the synagogue, including parts of ... a few months we will see that more parts of the Torah Ark are among the stones.” The find is “quite ...

Ark of the Covenant This is the most important ... the whole world it allows those present to hear the words of the Torah The synagogue is also used for other events such as weddings and celebrations.

I’m Orthodox and this is my synagogue – the place where Jewish people worship. Let’s go in! This is the ark, where we keep the Torah, an important scroll which contains Jewish rules and stories.

The local synagogues that had developed in the diaspora outside the Land of Israel became the ongoing universal centers of Jewish life. Unlike the words church or temple, which mean “House of God,” ...