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Reuven Bensadoun Synagogue

The Reuven Bensadoun synagogue in Fez, inaugurated in 1920, is still in service and is perfectly maintained.

A rabbi celebrates the main services of Shabbat and Jewish holidays for the small community of local faithful and for the many visitors, individuals or groups, who regularly fill it with their songs and prayers.

It has nine torah scrolls, covered with superb velvet mantles embroidered with gold.

The part reserved for women is separated from the main room by a light white veil that I surprised myself, to take a photo, to draw discreetly with the same corner gesture that my grandmothers made to watch the moment of the ” exit “from the holy rolls …