16 printed photos depicting the synagogue in Worms and authentic characteristics of the Worms community.
The room in which Rashi studied [in a nearby building], synagogue gate, leaf of the Worms machzor, "Wimpels" [Torah belts] bound around Torah Scrolls in the synagogue, chair of Elijah, the lamps, synagogue courtyard and more.
The Worms synagogue was built in 1034 and is the oldest synagogue in Germany. During the second crusade, the synagogue was almost completely destroyed. In 1175, it was rebuilt in Romanesque style. In 1624, another wing was built to serve as a beit medrash.  The wing was built according to the tradition that Rashi learned in a building near the synagogue and was called "Beit HaMedrash shel Rashi". It preserves the stone chair that Rashi used for his studies [can be seen in these pictures]. The synagogue and attached beit medrash was torched and badly damaged during Kristallnacht, 1938. In 1958, an exact restoration of the building was started, using original stones that were not destroyed during Kristallnacht [the German government funded the project to a tune of about 1,000,000 German marks]. In 1961, the synagogue was officially reinagurated. The Worms machzor was written by two scribes between 80-1272 and the community used it until the Second World War. The beautiful machzor was hidden from the Nazis in the Worms Cathedral. After the war it was transferred to the National Library in Jerusalem.
Size: 15x19 cm. 
Very fine condition.