Synagogue Street Tournelles
48 51 '19 "N 2 22' 02" E / 48.8553, 2.36718 The synagogue Tournelles is a religious building built in 1876 right in the heart of the Marais in Paris , at 36 rue des Tournelles.
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This synagogue was dedicated to the cult of ritual Ashkenazi on 15 September 1876 on the occasion of celebrations of the new year of Tishri.
The synagogue is attended by Jews from Alsace and Lorraine which s'adjoignent later emigrants from Poland, Czarist Russia and several Central European countries.
But the Holocaust decimated the community Ashkenazi and after the war, the minyan is hardly met.
In 1958 , under the leadership of Rabbi Finguerut a delegation gets Elie de Rothschild Baron of the synagogue ritual is assigned to Sephardic.
From 1948 to 1958 , the last rabbi Ashkenazi synagogue of Rabbi Dr. David Feuerwerker ( 1912 - 1980 ).
Since then, other rabbis have succeeded Simon Morali, Roger Touitou (1984 to 2004), Yves-Henri Marciano (2004 -...)
Architecture
It was in 1872 that Marcellin Varcollier Emmanuel, a student of Baltard architect also the mayor of the 18th, was designated for the construction of the synagogue.
The synagogue provides an interesting example of the use of metal in construction, thanks to the work done by foundries and workshops of Normandy, which at that time, receive input from the engineer Gustave Eiffel.
The facade of the street Tournelles, adorned with a stained glass rose window, stand sculptures representing the scrolls of the Law with a text in Hebrew. At the center, two crests of the city of Paris attest to the ownership of the synagogue which is part of the municipal public domain because of the financial contribution made by the city at the time of construction.
Inside, the porch opens onto a nave 21 meters wide, ending in a semi-circular nave where the Holy Ark , protected by a superb double wrought iron door, which houses many Sefer Torah placed side side in a semicircle.
The synagogue has two floors. By volume, this synagogue is the second largest in Paris after the Rue de la Victoire References See also
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