Synagogue on Rue Cadet

The Synagogue of Rue Cadet or Synagogue Adass Yereim is the oldest Orthodox synagogue in Paris . It was built by Jews of German descent from Alsace and inaugurated in 1893. It is located at 10, rue Cadet in the 9th arrondissement . The nearest metro station is Cadet on line 7 .

history

The synagogue on Rue Cadet was built after the merger of the Société de l'étude talmudique and the Société du patriarche Abraham . Both societies were founded in the 1840s by Jews of German descent, most of whom came from Alsace. The chairman of the Société de l'étude talmudique , Klein, was the son of the Grand Rabbi of Colmar , a staunch opponent of the reform efforts of the consistory . In 1852 the society inaugurated a prayer room in building 14, rue Portefoin in the Marais district . She later had a prayer room a few streets away in Rue Villehardouin, which she moved in 1884 to 6, rue de l'Échiquier in the 10th arrondissement . The Société du patriarche Abraham was founded in 1832 by believers who visited the prayer room of the teacher Sauphar. In 1872 the community had a prayer room at 1, rue de la Boule Rouge, near rue Cadet. The synagogue on Rue Cadet, built by the architect Lenfant , was inaugurated on November 5, 1893.

architecture

The synagogue is located in a courtyard and cannot be seen from the street. The entrance from the street is built over by a residential building and only the inconspicuous plaque with the inscription Beth HaKnesseth. Adass Yereim points out the synagogue. A passage leads into a courtyard with a residential building at the end. A sign on its facade indicates a mikveh for men. A staircase on the right side leads to the floors of the residential building. On the left, a staircase leads to a library, to which the synagogue is attached. The synagogue does not have its own facade.

inner space

The interior is simply designed. The women's galleries surround the room on three sides . The ceiling is pierced by a large skylight window made of glass blocks , in the center of which the Star of David is depicted. The Star of David is also depicted on the high wall above the Torah shrine , made of stucco and surrounded by a decoration of tendril ornaments .

Furnishing

Under a large arcade with a Hebrew inscription on the arch stands the Torah shrine, covered by an embroidered red parquet . The bima is - as is usual in orthodox synagogues - in the middle of the room. The entire interior, such as the wooden benches and some of the candlesticks, is still original, as is a clock with Hebrew characters instead of digits. Under the gallery at the entrance reminds one panel from marble to the fallen of the community in the First World War . Another plaque commemorates the victims of the Shoah , including a lot of German names: Bamberger, Berger, Durlacher, Felber, Fullänge, Rosenberg, Schlachter, Schlesinger, Schwarz, Wassermann.

literature

• Dominique Jarrassé: Guide du Patrimoine Juif Parisien . Parigramme, Paris 2003, ISBN 978-2-84096-247-2 , pp. 118-120.

Coordinates: 48 ° 52 ′ 28.5 "  N , 2 ° 20 ′ 34.1"  E