Title: Photo of the Gehal
Date: after 1914
Description: The Gehal is an altar in the synagogue. It consists of three parts and reaches a height of 4 m. It is crowned with a crown, includes elements of geometric and floral ornamentation, and contains several inscriptions (the abbreviation Keter Torah, Tetragrammaton – the unpronounceable name of God, and the first words of the Decalogue). The middle part is the Aron Hakodesh (Holy Ark), the largest part of the altar, designed for storing the Sefer Torah. It is decorated with carvings. In plan, it represents an isosceles trapezoid, on the visible sides of which there are eight columns entwined with grapevines (an allegorical representation of the people of Israel, Ps. 79:9). The seven spaces between the columns correspond to the days of the week; the central space is reserved for the Sabbath. The door of the ark is hidden by an altar curtain, behind which is a reminder to those who open the ark of the covenant. The third part of the altar is sparsely decorated with carvings and contains a dahan, a reading table, on the back of which the inscription 2.07.1914 Stanislav, the name of the master Lewi Ternbagl, has been preserved.
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