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Ark, also called Ark Of The Law, Hebrew Aron, orAron Ha-qodesh, ("holy ark"), in Jewish synagogues, an ornate cabinet that enshrines the sacred Torah scrolls used for public worship.
In his most recent synagogue, in Aachen, the ark (a cabinet in which the Torah scrolls are kept) is made entirely of glass, and the scrolls can be glimpsed by anyone walking or driving past the building.
The scroll was discovered in 1970 in a Jewish village called En-Gedi, which was destroyed by fire around 600. Inside the community's synagogue, archaeologists discovered a Holy Ark, the cabinet where Torahs are stored.
The readings take place within the structure of public worship and are incorporated into ceremonies in which the Sefer Torah ("Book of the Torah"), the pentateuchal scroll, is removed from the ark (cabinet) at the front of the synagogue and carried in procession to the reading desk; from it, the pertinent text is chanted by the reader.
The only substantial piece of furniture is an elaborate armoire-like floor-to-ceiling cabinet called an ark that came from a closing synagogue.
There is the suggestion of a synagogue from the Izmir region, with four columns that divided the room into nine squares, with the cabinet in the center - unlike Ashkenazi custom, which places it on the eastern wall.
