Chaim Pinto

Rabbi Ḥaim Pinto (1748–1845) was the leading rabbi in the seaport city of Essaouira, Morocco, known in his lifetime as Mogador, Morocco.

Annually, on the anniversary of Rabbi Pinto's death, (26 Elloul 5605, in the Hebrew calendar) Jews from around the world come on pilgrimage to pray at the rabbi's grave in the old jewish cemetery of Essaouira.

[2][3] Rabbi Pinto is remembered as a man whose prayers were received in heaven in such a way that miracles resulted.

Rabbi Pinto's followers and descendants have a number of synagogues worldwide, including the Pinto Center synagogue on Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, which was founded by Rabbi Yaacov Pinto.

[6] Contemporary descendants include Rabbi Yishayahu Yosef Pinto.