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Page 135
... scroll containing all of the mes- sages he had delivered to this time . The scroll was read by Baruch in the Temple . Subsequently it was read before King Jehoiakim , who cut it into pieces and burned it . Jeremiah went into hiding and ...
... scroll containing all of the mes- sages he had delivered to this time . The scroll was read by Baruch in the Temple . Subsequently it was read before King Jehoiakim , who cut it into pieces and burned it . Jeremiah went into hiding and ...
Page 205
... scroll was adorned with a breastplate to hang over its mantle and with a pointer to help in reading the scroll . A laver and basin for washing the hands of the cohen ( priest ) , a standing Ḥanukka lamp , and the lamp of the eternal ...
... scroll was adorned with a breastplate to hang over its mantle and with a pointer to help in reading the scroll . A laver and basin for washing the hands of the cohen ( priest ) , a standing Ḥanukka lamp , and the lamp of the eternal ...
Page 296
... scroll ( s ) , the aron ha - qodesh ( " the holy ark " ) - a chest against the east wall , or a recessed closet with doors and a curtain ; a prayer desk ( ' amud ) facing the ark at which the reader stands when reciting the service ...
... scroll ( s ) , the aron ha - qodesh ( " the holy ark " ) - a chest against the east wall , or a recessed closet with doors and a curtain ; a prayer desk ( ' amud ) facing the ark at which the reader stands when reciting the service ...
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