 There also once was a "Chair of Elijah" in the northwest corner on which the rite of brit milah was performed.On both sides of the Holy Ark there were two-story structures, serving as the women's sections, connected to the prayer hall by little windows.Another gallery for women was situated along the north side, also consisting of two floors built by Noah Feibusch Bloch, a community elder who advanced the money and when the community was unable to return the 14,000 gulden due, he made a present of the structure.