1media/11 bimah readers platform_thumb.JPG2020-12-14T13:45:46-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0377132The imposing bimah (reader's platform) occupied a niche on the west wall. From here the Torah was read on the Sabbath and high Holidays. The bimah is at one end of the polar-axis, opposite the ehal. The drama of the liturgy transpires between these two points.plain2020-12-14T13:46:13-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Hellenic American Projectcirca 1999-2010Vincent Giordano Collection on the Greek-Jewish Community in New York City and Ioannina, GreeceShared under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Iōannina (Greece)Giordano, Vincent2006100914043220061009140432Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0
The imposing bimah (reader's platform) occupied a niche on the west wall. From here the Torah was read on the Sabbath and high Holidays. The bimah is at one end of the polar-axis, opposite the ehal. The drama of the liturgy transpires between these two points.
