The practice of using altar cloths disappeared when the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed in AD 70. The focus of worship turned towards the synagogue and the need for an altar disappeared. There is a table where the Torah scrolls are laid for reading, called a "bimah", and another lower table called an "amud", that is, a lectern. The lectern is covered with an embroidered cloth covering the area on which the Torah scroll will rest during the "parashah" (lection—see Torah reading). The Torah ark in the synagogue is covered with a cloth called the "parokhet" to recall the veil which covered the entrance to the Holy of Holies.