1. A platform or pulpit in a synagogue from which the Torah is read during services.
Usage: Also spelled 'bimah'; From Hebrew; Religious/Jewish context

Examples

• The rabbi stood on the bima to lead the congregation in prayer.
• During the service, the Torah was carried to the bima for the weekly reading.
• The bima is typically located in the center or front of the synagogue.
• Children were called up to the bima for their bar mitzvah ceremony.