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Bahri Synagogue & Mikveh, Yefren (Yefran, Yifrin, יפרן, يفرن), Libya

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The synagogue, on the edge of the city, near the ridge, had a mikveh in the compound as well. 

There seems to have been a larger room and smaller room with the larger room having multiple columns and archways to support the ceiling and a second story for ladies. There were minimal windows in the prayer room. There are some ceiling inscriptions in this synagogue as well. 

According to an eyewitness: outside it is visible the well for the Mikveh. A narrow passage leads to a small Synagogue. Its one room, made of stone.  

It is visible in this YouTube video posted by Libya Observer, beginning at 14:50: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From Harvey Goldberg: 

"Yefren (Yafran, Jefren, Yefren, Yifran, Ifrane, يفرن‎‎). 'The Jews of Yefren dwell in three villages... al-Qsir....Me-aniyin... Disir....In the other places in Yefren there was once a large number of Jewish inhabitants, but now there is no trace of them, except for there cemeteries and place names.' Source: Harvey E. Goldberg: ib. p. 75." Available from: http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/africa/libya.html

Yifrin, Libya