Munich's original main synagogue was destroyed in June 1938 and stood a few blocks away from the new synagogue, on ground that is now a parking ramp.
The original synagogue remains as a small study hall used by rabbinical students during the week.
As the foundations of he-Hasid's original synagogue were revealed, they discovered a few old documents dating from 1579, signed by Israel Najara.
Birobidzhan's original synagogue burned in a suspicious fire in 1959.
The original synagogue still stands.
The original synagogue was created in 1933 for £1,400, but the congregation quickly outgrew it and in February 1937 construction began on a larger building.
The original synagogue, referred to in the Geniza documents, was established about 950 A.D.
The original synagogue was enlarged during the third century and destroyed in the Galilee earthquake of 363.
The congregation continued to worship in the original synagogue until 1908, when a new building at Sixth and I Streets, NW, was dedicated.
Among the collection of chandeliers are six oil lamps from the original synagogue, and there is another miniature chair, gilded and covered in velvet, for Elijah.