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Select, describe and explain the essential features to be found in an orthodox synagogue.
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Religious Studies Coursework Judaism Q1. Select, describe and explain the essential features to be found in an orthodox synagogue. Recall, select, organize and deploy knowledge of Jewish belief and sources of authority, practice and organisation. The main function of the Jewish synagogue is worship, with the emphasis on prayer and reading. For Jews the synagogue is not just a building the word synagogue also refers to the community or congregation. The main features of all synagogues, especially the symbols, are designed to help people to worship God. The layout of the building is rectangular, with seats arranged on three sides. The fourth side (the East wall) holds the Ark (Aron Hakodesh), the focal point of the synagogue. It is a large cupboard covered by a curtain (parochet) and contains the scrolls of the Torah. Its name derives from the original Ark - a wooden box covered with gold that contained the Ten Commandments in...
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