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Aron Kodesh

American  
[ah-rawn kaw-desh, awr-ohn koh-desh] / ɑˈrɔn ˈkɔ dɛʃ, ˈɔr oʊn ˈkoʊ dɛʃ /

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.