Some have a separate room for torah study called the בית מדרש beth midrash lit.
Rooms inside a synagogue.
A synagogue only needs 1 room to be considered a synagogue.
There are over 400 synagogues in the uk and they come in all sorts of different shapes and sizes.
Synagogue layout and services inside the synagogue.
The bimah is the raised platform at the front of the sanctuary.
The torah scrolls have the holy.
The synagogue is the jewish place of worship but is also used as a place to study and often as a community centre as well.
They range from small just a room in a house to large imposing buildings.
The synagogue contains many features that are unique to the jewish religion.
Generally this is located on the eastern side of the building because jews usually face east towards.
What are three important items that are found in a jewish synagogue.
There will also usually be a big room for special events.
There will be some offices.
There might be some smaller rooms for studying.
The front of a synagogue faces towards jerusalem in israel.
Below is a guide to some of the more commonly seen features within synagogue main sanctuaries.
What makes it a synagogue is the jewish people inside it.
In the front is the holiest part of the synagogue the ark.