Designed in a neo-Byzantine style, its building was started in 1867 and it was inaugurated in 1874.On April 21, 1890, Alfred Dreyfus married Lucie Hadamard. During the German occupation, on the night of 2 to 3 October 1941, a bomb exploded in the Great Synagogue during a night of attacks on several synagogues in Paris. After the war, the synagogue began a renovation, which was not completed until 1967.
D4The instrument was built by Merklin around 1875. It was at this time that the organ was introduced into the French Hebrew cult. It was imported from the Germanic countries where it was then common to use the organ for the Hebrew liturgy. Around 1960, Gutschenritter replaced two stops of the Swell by a Doublette and a Cymbale II and added a Plein jeu IV to the Great. Overhaul ikn 1980 by Jean-Marc Cicchero. Nowadays, it serves mainly for the liturgy of weddings.To read: The organ in the Jewish tradition
D4The instrument was built by Merklin around 1875. It was at this time that the organ was introduced into the French Hebrew cult. It was imported from the Germanic countries where it was then common to use the organ for the Hebrew liturgy. Around 1960, Gutschenritter replaced two stops of the Swell by a Doublette and a Cymbale II and added a Plein jeu IV to the Great. Overhaul ikn 1980 by Jean-Marc Cicchero. Nowadays, it serves mainly for the liturgy of weddings.To read: The organ in the Jewish tradition