The Reading Desk ("Bimah") from here the service is conducted and the scrolls of the Pentateuch are read. The service is almost enterely in Hebrew, although the prayer hook (Siddur) has a page-by-page English translation and some editions provide useful n

The Reading Desk ("Bimah") from here the service is conducted and the scrolls of the Pentateuch are read. The service is almost enterely in Hebrew, although the prayer hook (Siddur) has a page-by-page English translation and some editions provide useful notes and comments. (at the right of pic.) is the Ark ("Aron Hakodesh) This is placed at the Castlereagh St end of the building which contains the scrolls of the Torah (Pentateuch). to the left of picture is the eight-branched candelbrum)Interior pictures of the Great Synagogue, Elisabeth St. City.The Great Synagogue was built in 1878 and the architect was Thomas Rowe, a non Jew, one of the foremost architects in Sydney at the time. March 4th 1974 the Great synagogue was 96yrs old. April 2, 1974. (Photo by Kenneth Stevens/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).