Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Ben Ezra Synagogue

Security is very tight going into the Synagogue and no pictures are allowed. The Jewish population in Egypt is negligible and this is about the only thing left of Jewish presence in Egypt. It is fully restored and looked like new. It is a very sentimental place because of the small Jewish presence. There are lots of stories floating around about the site, one of them, supposedly this was the site where Pharoah's daughter fished out Moses from the Nile. This could be the place where the Holy Family stayed when they fled from Herod's fatal intension.





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