The synagogue is named after Rabbi Isaac Bengualid (1777–1870), author of the 2-volume Vayomer Yitzhak, a history of the Jews of Tetuan. Rabbi Bengualid was a prominent member of Tetuan's Jewish community, which comprised about 4,200 members at the time, and was considered the center of the Moroccan sephardic community.Il nuovo mellah di Tétouan e la sinagoga Bengualid. BC Mediterranea
