Aron Kodesh

[ Sephardic Hebrew ah-rawn kaw-desh; Ashkenazic Hebrew awr-ohn koh-desh ]

noun

, Hebrew.

1. a cabinet in a synagogue set into or against the wall that faces eastward toward Jerusalem, for keeping the scrolls of the Torah.

Example Sentences

Actually, it’s an Aron Kodesh, as it’s called in most American synagogues: a Holy Ark. It is a symbol that stretches back to the Ark of the Covenant, which held the tablets of the Ten Commandments and was carried by the Israelites in their wanderings, according to the Book of Exodus.

From Washington Post