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Zaradel Synagogue
Zaradel Synagogue, at the Jewish quarter of Alexandria (Souk el-Samak el Kadim), built in 1391 by the Zaradel family. Two ancient Siffrei-Tora, called Kadmonim, were found in this Synagogue, with the “Massorah” of Ben Acher and Naphtali, and served once a year only for Simhat Torah procession. (From the book “The Golden Era of the […]
Réna Shémés, spouse of Habib Shémés
Réna Shémés, spouse of Habib Shémés. Her ladino first name ‘Rena’, says she is a descendant of an ancient Sephardic family in Egypt. Her head is covered by decency as well as by coquetry, with an Egyptian ‘Mandil be-Oya’, which is a fine colored silk kerchief, crocheted all around its border with a fine and […]
Rab Haim Capussi Synagogue
Rab Haim Capussi Synagogue, at the Jewish quarter of Cairo, built after Haim Capussi death in 1631. Rab Haim Capussi was a most venerated Kabalist, renowned for his miracles. Student of the Egyptian Kabalist Ibn Fodeila, and disciple of Rabbi Itzhak Luria from Safed. Since 1987, the Synagogue is registered as a Jewish Egyptian Antiquity. […]
Rabbi Aaron Angel
Rabbi Aaron Angel, Vice Chief-Rabbi of Alexandria (on the right), and Salomon Khadour, Director General of Cicurel-Alexandria in the 1950s (on the left), at a ‘Brit Mila’ (circumcision). (From the book “The Golden Era of the Jews of Egypt” by Levana Zamir)