The word synagogue means ‘a gathering of people’. A synagogue is a place to worship, study and learn about the ____ faith. God is not represented as a statue or in any art form because ____ is considered a sin. A synagogue may be decorated with geometric patterns, Hebrew ____ and the ____. A synagogue contains an ____, a cabinet that contains the scrolls of the ____. Above the ark is the ____ which means eternal light. It represents the light that used to come from the ____ menorah. Usually there are two tablets representing the ____ above the ark too. The Torah scrolls are the most ____ item in the synagogue. They are dressed in special fabric and when reading from it, Jews use a special pointer called a ____. This is to protect the scrolls but also to show ____. When the scrolls are being read they are placed on a platform called a ____. The Torah is written and read in ____. Jews gather together in a synagogue on the ____. Men and women sit ____ in a traditional synagogue but sit together in some Jewish ____. People sit facing the direction of ____ during prayer. Jews have a prayer book called a ____ with specific prayers that they recite as part of worship in a synagogue. The ____ guides formal worship and teaches an understanding of the Tenakh. The cantor is a person who lead the worship along with the rabbi and ____ the prayers. Jewish men wear a skull cap called a ____ during prayer. Jewish men are also obliged to wear a special prayer shawl called a ____. Women are not required to wear it but some choose to.

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