Rabbi Ḥaim Pinto (1748–1845) was the leading rabbi in the seaport city of

Essaouira Essaouira ( ; ar, الصويرة, aṣ-Ṣawīra; shi, ⵜⴰⵚⵚⵓⵔⵜ, Taṣṣort, formerly ''Amegdul''), known until the 1960s as Mogador, is a port city in the western Moroccan region of Marakesh-Safi, on the Atlantic coast. It ha ...

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, known in his lifetime as Mogador, Morocco. Rabbi Pinto, himself born into a distinguished rabbinic family, had four sons, Rabbi Yehouda also known as Rabbi Haddan, Rabbi Yossef, Rabbi Yehoshiya and Rabbi Yaacov. Annually, on the anniversary of Rabbi Pinto's death, (26 Elloul 5605, in the

Hebrew calendar The Hebrew calendar ( he, הַלּוּחַ הָעִבְרִי, translit=HaLuah HaIvri), also called the Jewish calendar, is a lunisolar calendar used today for Jewish religious observance, and as an official calendar of the state of Israel. I ...

) Jews from around the world come on pilgrimage to pray at the rabbi's grave in the old jewish cemetery of Essaouira. Rabbi Pinto is remembered as a man whose prayers were received in heaven in such a way that miracles resulted. The

Chaim Pinto Synagogue The Chaim Pinto Synagogue (in Arabic : كنيس حاييم بينتو), an historic site in Essaouira, Morocco, formerly known as Mogador, Morocco, was the home and synagogue of Rabbi Chaim Pinto. Although there is no longer a Jewish community i ...

, the building that was Rabbi Pinto's home, office and synagogue is preserved as an historic site. Rabbi Pinto's followers and descendants have a number of synagogues worldwide, including the

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synagogue on

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, California, which was founded by Rabbi Yaacov Pinto. Contemporary descendants include Rabbi

Yishayahu Yosef Pinto Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto ( he, יאשיהו יוסף פינטו, ar, يوشياهو يوسف بينتو; born September 27, 1973) is an Israeli- Moroccan Orthodox rabbi who leads a global organization called . Based in Ashdod and New York City, ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pinto, Haim 1748 births 1845 deaths Sephardi rabbis 18th-century Moroccan rabbis 19th-century Moroccan rabbis People from Essaouira