בית הכנסת בית-אל Templק 'Beth-El'

Text on the back -Souvenir du Temple Beth-El 61, Rue Verlet Hanus Casablanca - (Maroc);Production period - UNKNOWN;Front Period - UNKNOWN;Category - Synagogues;Description - This horizontal postcard depicts a photograph of the interior of the Synagogue 'Beth-El' in Casablanca. This is the largest Synagogue of Casablanca and an important community center. The photograph is taken from the entrance and offers a view on the prayer room. This one contains the Tevah at its center (the elevated place, often situated in the center of the synagogue in the Sephardi world, where the Torah scroll is read and from where the services are conducted). The wood Tevah is decorated with a Magen David (the Star of David which generally symbolizes Jewish identity). It is surrounded by rows of branches and it precedes the Hekhál, enveloped by a red curtain. (It is the holy ark located toward Jerusalem, which contains the Torah Scrolls). We can see next to it several Menorah (the seven-branched candelabrum, one of the oldest symbols of the Jewish people and u