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Definitions

• n. "The cabinet at the front of an Ashkenazic synagogue that houses the Torah scroll." (JPS)
  

Example Sentences

• "The bar mitzvah boy will put the Torah back in the ark."
  

Languages of Origin

• English

Who Uses This

• Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

Regions

• North America

Dictionaries

• The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
• Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).