The Synagogue

Six synagogues operated in Ksar el-Kebir during the period in which a Jewish community lived there:

1. The "Del Rabbi Mosé" Synagogue, named after the rabbi and teacher Moshe Salama. Located in the Mellah.
2. The "Del Tzadik" Synagogue, named after the tzadik Rabbi Yehuda Jabali. Located in the Mellah.
3. The "De la Yeshiva" Synagogue. Located in the Mellah.
4. The "De Melul" Synagogue, named after the chief rabbi of Ksar el-Kebir, Rabbi Rachamim Melul.
5. The "De Ruben" Synagogue, named after Rabbi Ruben Barcesat.
6. The "De Hermano Yair" Synagogue, named after Yair Abergel, head of the community at the end of the 19th century.

The city also had a women's mikveh. Today, the synagogues are either destroyed or in the hands of local residents.

In the photo: one of the three synagogues located in the Mellah.