In the daily synagogue services, the Torah Ark is closed while "Aleinu" is recited, but on Rosh Hashana, when "Aleinu" is recited during the Mussaf Amidah, the Ark is opened when "Aleinu" is begun, closed momentarily when the controversial verse was recited (presumably to shield the Torah scrolls from hearing a description of heathen practices) and then opened again as soon as that verse was finished, and then closed again when "Aleinu" is finished. Even after the controversial verse was deleted from the liturgy, owing to Christian censorship, the Ark was momentarily closed although nothing was recited at that moment, as a relic and reminder of the censored verse.