Chaim Pinto Synagogue | |
Native Name: | ar|كنيس حاييم بينتو |
Image Upright: | 1.4 |
Religious Affiliation: | Judaism |
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Organisational Status: | Synagogue |
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Functional Status: | Active |
Location: | Essaouira, Marrakesh-Safi |
Country: | Morocco |
Map Type: | Morocco |
Map Size: | 250 |
Map Relief: | 1 |
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The Chaim Pinto Synagogue (ar|كنيس حاييم بينتو), an historic site in Essaouira, Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco, formerly known as Mogador, Morocco, was the home and synagogue of Rabbi Chaim Pinto. Although there is no longer a Jewish community in Essaouira, the building is an active synagogue, used when pilgrims or Jewish tour groups visit the city. The synagogue is on the second floor of a three-story, courtyard building inside the walls of the old city that also contained Rabbi Pinto's home and office. The building is of whitewashed plaster over masonry. The synagogue consists of a single large room. There are two women's sections, one across the courtyard and one on the third floor, both with windows looking into the synagogue.[1] The synagogue room underwent a modern renovation, concealing the ceiling and column capitals, and painting the wood of the Torah ark and bimah light blue.