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Ben Ezra Synagogue (Cairo, Egypt)

LC control no.nr 96002874
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Corporate name headingBen Ezra Synagogue (Cairo, Egypt)
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Variant(s)Bet ha-keneset shel ʻEzra (Cairo, Egypt)
Found inFortifications and the Synagogue, 1994: t.p. (Ben Ezra Synagogue, Cairo) p. 84, etc. (synagogue built in Old Cairo first mentioned in doc. of 1006; destroyed in 1013, rebuilt in 1039-41; destroyed by fire in 1473; demolished in 1889 and rebuilt following original model in 1889-92) jkt. (synagogue in which the Cairo Genizah was found)
Enc. Jud., c1972: v. 5, col. 28 (Ben Ezra synagogue of Cairo, dating from c. 12th cent.)
Entsiḳlapedyah ha-ʻIvrit, 1949-1980: v. 11, col. 85 (Bet ha-keneset shel ʻEzra)
Not found inal-Munjid fī al-lughah wa-al-aʻlām, 1986.