Either on the curtain, or above the Ark, there are two tables with Hebrew writing on them. In the centre of the Synagogue there is a raised platform, facing the Ark, called the Bimah. From the Bimah, services are conducted and readings from the Bible are made. Jewish Prayer Prayer is a very important part of the Jewish religion. For the Jewish people, prayer is a way of communicating with God.
Jewish people pray three times daily.
Prayers are sometimes said privately, but public praying is encouraged. A Jewish service may be said anywhere, not just in a Synagogue. Any room in which prayers are said assumes a certain holiness. The oldest sacred book of the Jews is the Bible. Christians call it the Old Testament, but the Jews usually call it the Tenach.