List of synagogues in Morocco

A partial list of synagogues in Morocco:

Agadir

  • Beth-El Synagogue

Amzrou

  • Synagogue Amezrou Hadioui

Arazan

  • Synagogue Arazane[1]

Asilah

  • Kahal Synagogue[2]

Azemmour

  • Rabbi Abraham Moul Niss Synagogue

El Jadida

  • Bensimon Synagogue

Casablanca

Debdou

  • Beit Ha-Knesset Selat Cohanim[5]

Errachidia

  • Leshem Yikhoud Synagogue[6]

Essaouira

Fez

Main article: Mellah of Fez

Upper Mellah:[7]

  • Mansano Synagogue
  • Ibn Attar Synagogue
  • Synagogue of Rabbi Yehuda ben Attar
  • Synagogue of Rabbi Haim Cohen
  • Synagogue of Haham Abensur
  • Synagogue of Saba
  • Gozlan Synagogue

Lower Mellah:[7]

En-Nowawel quarter:[7]

  • Synagogue of Aharon Cohen
  • Synagogue of Saadian Danan
  • Synagogue of Hachuel
  • Synagogue of Rabbi El Baz
  • Reuven Bensadoun Synagogue[10]

Ifrane

  • Synagoque Ifrane Anti-Atlas[11]

Ksar el-Kebir

  • Rebbi Mose Synagogue, in ruins[12]

Larache

  • Berdugo Synagogue, turned into a house [13]
  • Pariente Synagogue

Marrakech

  • Al Fassayn Synagogue[14]
  • Beth-El Synagogue[15]
  • Joseph Bitton Synagogue[16]
  • Rabbi Pichas HaCohen Azog Synagogue
  • Rabbi Ya’akov Attias Synagogue
  • Slat al-Azama Synagogue
  • Slat Skaya Synagogue

Meknes

Ouarzazate

  • Bet Knesset Synagogue

Oujda

  • Grande Synagogue of Oujda[18]
  • Spanish Synagogue

Rabat

Salé

  • Rafael Synagogue[19]

Sefrou

  • En Habanim Synagogue[20]

Tangier

  • Avraham Toledano Synagogue, closed in 1981[21][22]
  • Beit Yehuda Synagogue, repurposed as a museum
  • Benseloum Synagogue, closed in the 1980s[23]
  • Moshe Nahon Synagogue,[24] open to visitors
  • Rabbi Akiba Synagogue,[25] also known as Akiva Laredo Synagogue, open to visitors
  • Rabbi Mordechai Bengio Synagogue, preserved as Fondation Lorin Museum[26]
  • Shaar Rafael Synagogue,[27] still functioning
  • Shaarei Yosef Synagogue[28]

Tétouan

References

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