of Tangier's Hygiene Commission. Benchimol died during a trip in Marseille on . The Donna and Haim Benchimol Foundation, which perpetuates his memory, was among the donors of the renovation of the Beit Yehuda Synagogue in the medina of Tangier and its repurposing as a Jewish museum. Benchimol Hospital Following the death of his wife Donna on , Haim Benchimol endowed a modern Jewish hospital in her memory in 1904, subsequently known as the Benchimol Hospital (). The hospital's main mission was to provide free medical care to Jews of modest means who could not afford medical care for themselves; it sometimes provided medical care to poor Muslims as well. The Benchimol Hospital continued to operate decades after the death of its founder, treating thousands of patients every year until it closed in 2002. The hospital building stood until April 2010, when it was demolished by the Moroccan authorities, 105 years after its establishment. This step provoked much criticism among preservationist and Jewish circles in Morocco and abroad. See also Salomon Benaioun History of Moroccan Jews Notes People from Tangier Judaism in Morocco 1906 deaths