| Zaradel Synagogue | |
| Image Upright: | 1.4 |
| Rite: | Nusach Sefard |
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| Organisational Status: | Synagogue |
| Organizational Status: | --> |
| Functional Status: | Closed |
| Location: | Rue de France (Amram Street), Old Fish Market, Alexandria |
| Country: | Egypt |
| Map Type: | Egypt Nile Delta |
| Map Size: | 250 |
| Map Relief: | 1 |
| Founded By: | Saul the Sephardi |
| Funded By: | Zaradel family |
| Established: | 1381 |
| Year Completed: | 1881 |
| Date Destroyed: | --> |
| Elevation Ft: | --> |
The Zaradel Synagogue was a former Jewish synagogue, that was located on Rue de France (Amram Street), in the Old Fish Market (Souk el-Samak el Kadim), in Alexandria, Egypt. It was the oldest synagogue in Alexandria.[1] [2]
The first synagogue in the Old Fish Market was built in 1381 by Judah, the son of Saul, the Sephardi Abu Isaac. The original foundation stone of the 1381 building, since dislocated, read:
In 1881 the synagogue went through renovations, which changed it completely. The Spanish origins of the founder (Saul the Sephardi), do not testify to the identity of the congregation who prayed in the synagogue during later periods. Dedications inscribed on ritual objects donated to the Zaradel Synagogue reveal that some of them were of North African origin, known as Mugrhabim, as the finial donated by Jacob Zuaris and his sons, who originated from Guarish (Gawarish) in Libya.[3]