Troyes

Troyes: Pronounced twa - and most definitely not Troy.
We went to go see Rashi’s shul but unfortunately we were unable to get in touch with the individuals who run the shul and therefore couldn’t take a tour of it. We did see it from the outside though!
We also accidentally wound up in a learning center across from the shul where they learn about Rashi,  Mediterranean history and politics, and more. The woman who was speaking to us told us that nobody knows where Rashi is buried but there was a Jewish cemetery nearby that he might have been buried in. However, the cemetery was no longer there and was now an area between a McDonalds and a library.

Xoxo.

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