Editing Tabernacle (section)

==Blueprint for synagogues==
[[Image:Shilo centr synagogue.jpg|thumb|right|The ''Mishkan Shilo'' synagogue in [[Shilo, Mateh Binyamin|Shilo]] is a [[Replicas of the Jewish Temple|replica of the Jewish Temple]]]]
[[Synagogue]] construction over the last two thousand years has followed the outlines of the original tabernacle.<ref>{{Catholic|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14379b.htm |title=Synagogue |author=Walter Drum}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Synagogues, Shuls and Temples – Judaism 101 (JewFAQ) |url=https://www.jewfaq.org/shul.htm |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=www.jewfaq.org}}</ref> Every synagogue has at its front an ark, ''aron kodesh'', containing the [[Torah]] scrolls, comparable to the Ark of the Covenant which contained the tablets with Ten Commandments. This is the holiest spot in a synagogue, equivalent to the Holy of Holies.

There is also usually a constantly lighted lamp, ''[[Sanctuary lamp|Ner tamid]]'', or a candelabrum, lighted during services, near a spot similar to the position of the original Menorah. At the center of the synagogue is a large elevated area, known as the ''bimah'', where the Torah is read. This is equivalent to the tabernacle's altars upon which incense and animal sacrifices were offered. On the main holidays the [[Kohen|priests]] gather at the front of the synagogue to bless the congregation as did their priestly ancestors in the tabernacle from Aaron onwards ({{bibleverse||Numbers|6:22-27}}).<ref>{{Catholic|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12407b.htm|title=High Priest|prescript=|author= John J. Tierney}}</ref>