Veneration - Judaism

Judaism

While orthodox and organized Judaism doesn't countenance the veneration of saints, veneration and pilgrimage to holy sites associated with saints were an ancient part of the tradition. That tradition is still strong in the few Jewish communities that were not uprooted over the years, the declining communities in Iran, Morocco and Tunisia. The tradition is particularly strong among Morocco Jews, who have a comprehensive list of 656 saints, including 25 women. As with some other religions, the practice of veneration of saints and the making of saints, mostly expressed in Morocco Judaism but not only there, is by popular sentiment rather than formal canonization.