The El - Ghriba 's founding is also traced to the flight of priests from the Roman destruction of the Second Temple .
The legend tells that priests brought with priests a door of the Temple , which is covered over in a wall of the synagogue .
The El - Ghriba 's founding is also traced to the flight of priests from the Roman destruction of the Second Temple , and the legend tells that they brought with them a door of the Temple , which is covered over in a wall of the synagogue .