When I made a short post on our page about the Bordeaux synagogue, I tried to find out if it ever had a Hebrew name, like so many of our synagogues/congregations do. I didn't find anything. But in 1765, there was at least one synagogue in Bordeaux with a Hebrew name. Based on the fact that an apparently important sermon was held there, that was seen as worthy to be printed, I suppose this was one of the more important private synagogues, of which there were several. When I look at various sources describing the synagogues in B. at that time, there are two that stand out: A synagogue described as "synagogue générale" on rue des Augustins, which might or might not be the same as the one described in 1793 as "Cathedralle hebra", and the De Paëz synagogue on rue Bouhaut, of which Yshac Da Costa was the rabbi, and which was prestigious enough for the princes of Condé and Bourbon to have attended services in 1780. Hakham Athias is recorded as having addressed the community "in the main synagogue" in those days, but it is never specified which synagogue that was.Which one was named Sahare Rahamim? And was this name still used at a later date, maybe even for the great central synagogue built in 1812?