The Bimah was always placed in the center of the room.

When first erected, the bimah was central, as is traditional.

But to lower the bimah, the wall behind it had to be enlarged.

The ark is behind the bimah on the rear wall.

A bimah was located in the middle of the prayer hall.

It is a development from the bimah in the Jewish synagogue.

The pews surrounded a central bimah from which services were led.

However, to increase seating capacity the bimah was moved forward to the western wall in 1906.

The bimah, or holiest part of the synagogue, was found.

It spilled over the bimah and onto the floor.

In many congregations, the recipient will also stand to the side of the bimah during the following reading.

Women participate in the service and bimah activities but are not called up to read from the Torah.

In the center there were bimah, surrounded by seats.

The bimah was also lowered, so that the rabbi and the congregation could be closer to each other.

Every synagogue has a raised platform called the "Bimah".

The ark is on the men's side, but the women have a good view of it and of the bimah.

Today nothing remains either of the bimah or of the candelabra.

The bimah is in front of the ark.

The main features of the room are the Bimah and the Ark.

On the bimah of the main sanctuary are two large tapestries, installed in September 1997.

The choir is separated from the assembly by a balustrade and the Bimah.

The "majestic" Bimah is reached by a curved flight of eight steps on each side.

Most of the wooden features including the benches, the ark and the bimah are made from mahogany.

A raised bimah will typically have a railing.

"Well, they shouldn't be here," the rabbi said, standing near the bimah, or podium.

People would stand on a raised platform called the bema to speak.

Any citizen could address the meeting from the Bema and vote on questions before the assembly.

The ark is mounted on a wall directly above the bema.

The room gives access towards the east to a rectangular bema.

A bema is a ceremonial platform set up in an assembly.

In 1935, only the tripartite sanctuary and the Bema were still visible.

There was a secondary bema in the eastern section.

No one knows whether the bema and the portico were also formerly painted.

Altar apse bema and the western passage make the space greater inside.

Over time, the bema (or presbytery) and choir moved eastward to their current position.

The bema is typically elevated by two or three steps, as was the bimah in the Temple.

A raised dais called a bema formed part of many large basilican churches.

One of these, the altar apse, projects outward prominently due to its large bema.

In other branches of Judaism, the bema and the Ark are joined together.

The ceremonial use of a bema carried over from Judaism into early Christian church architecture.

The interior consists of the portico, the bema, the nave and the altar.

The Bema Street tunnel was restored to street traffic after the war.

Development of the mine began in 2005 on a property owned by the Bema Gold Corporation.

A new central bema replaced the original one located in front of the aron qodesh and thus screened off by the wall.

In the half-circle of the bema, the color sequence of the church hall, gold stars on a blue background, returns.

Orthodox laity do not normally step up onto the bema except to receive Holy Communion.

A second inscription located in the north apse is translated as: 'The bema was decorated by .

The small church had three naves (possibly surmounted by a dome) and a tripartite bema.

It has a cross-in-square plan surmounted by a dome, with a bema divided in three parts and a narthex.

In Western Christianity the bema developed over time into the chancel (or presbytery) and the pulpit.