Chaim Pinto Synagogue

Named after a rabbi born in Agadir in 1749 who built his synagogue in the mellah and taught Torah until his death in 1845.

The Chaim Pinto Synagogue overlooks the Atlantic. It still functions as an active place of worship — primarily during the annual hiloula each September, when 1,500 pilgrims arrive from Israel, France, Canada. They come to pray at the rabbi's tomb, to light candles, to sing.

Joseph Sebag, whose ancestors fled the Spanish Inquisition, may be the city's last permanent Jewish resident. When the pilgrims leave, he stays.