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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Torah shrines</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>Torah scrolls</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>arks</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>liturgical containers</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Torah shrine</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>ark of testimony</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>ark of the covenant</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>arks of the law</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>holy ark</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>holy arks</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>torah ark</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ In Jewish tradition, wooden coffers containing the Tables of the Law, kept in the holiest place of the synagogue. ]]></note></mads>