Isaac Ben Walid Synagogue
The Isaac Ben Walid Synagogue is a synagogue in the mellah of Tetuan, Morocco.
The synagogue is named after Rabbi Isaac Bengualid, author of the 2-volume Vayomer Yitzhak, a history of the Jews of Tetuan. Rabbi Bengualid was a prominent member of Tetuan's Jewish community, which comprised about 4200 members at the time.
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The Isaac Ben Walid Synagogue was built in the new mellah south of the medina of Tetuan, created when Sultan Sliman decided to build a grand mosque on the location of the old mellah. At the time, Tetuan was the heart of the Sephardi community in Morocco and it had 16 synagogues.
