Egypt day 5: Cairo Synagogues and Egyptian Museum
January 21st 2022 Up and out a bit later than usual and off to Fustat, the old quarter of Cairo.
For me it was a bit disappointing that we were unable to visit the Genizah. The Genizah is being refurbished. The Genizah (literally meaning the treasury) is a treasury of old documents which contained Hebrew letters and which people didn’t want to throw away. So they were deposited in the Genizah. Holy books are bur
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