The Chancellor found no objection in terms of the table's being suitable in design to serve as an altar, and said that he would have been pleased to authorise it on that basis. But he could not permit ...

The Torah informs us that the Ark (Aron-Exodus 25:11), the Table (Shulhan –Exodus 25:24) and the Altar of Incense (Mizbeiah Miktar Ketoret – Exodus 30:3) were all decorated with rims. W… ...

Today it is usually called a "vanity table"; in the 19th century, it was a "dressing table"; but in the 18th century, it was known as a "toilet table." The piece of furniture with all these ...