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thumb|Parochet on a mobile ark at the Western Wall in Jerusalem A parochet (; ), meaning "curtain" or "screen", is the curtain that covers the Torah ark (Aron Kodesh) containing the Torah scrolls in a synagogue.
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thumb|Parochet on a mobile ark at the Western Wall in Jerusalem A parochet (; ), meaning "curtain" or "screen", is the curtain that covers the Torah ark (Aron Kodesh) containing the Torah scrolls in a synagogue.
The parochet symbolizes the curtain that covered the Ark of the Covenant, based on : "Then he put up the curtain for screening, and screened off the Ark of the Pact—just as יהוה had commanded Moses."
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