Ben Ezra Synagogue is located on Mar Girgis Street in the Religious Complex in Old Cairo near the Coptic Museum and Abu Serga Church. It was originally a church called the Shamma’in Church and was sold by the Orthodox Church in 882 AD to the Jewish community. It is narrated that the place of the temple was where the Prophet of God Moses prayed to end the plague that afflicted the Egyptians.

 The Synagogue was built in the basilica style, and it consists of a hall divided into 3 sections, the widest and highest is the middle section. The structure is located in the eastern wall, which includes the Torah wheel, and it is made of wood inlaid with fillings of shells and ivory, and the platform is located in the middle of the temple, and it is made of marble and ascended to it by several steps where the prayer is conducted.

As for the upper floor, it is dedicated to the ladies` prayer and overlooks the hall with a balcony at its end from the north side. There is the Geniza room, which contributed to the fame of this temple. It is a closed room from all sides except for the top, where books and papers were stored inside for a long time until it was discovered and transferred its contents in 1896 AD to University of Cambridge, United Kingdom