▁in ▁Europe . ▁The ▁increasing ▁number ▁of ▁Ash ken az im ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁found ing ▁of ▁the ▁city ' s ▁second ▁syn agog ue , ▁B ' na i ▁Jes h ur un , ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 5 . ▁The ▁late ▁arrival ▁of ▁syn agog ues ▁can ▁be ▁attributed ▁to ▁a ▁lack ▁of ▁rabb is . ▁Those ▁who ▁were ▁interested ▁in ▁training ▁as ▁a ▁Rab bi ▁could ▁not ▁do ▁so ▁in ▁America ▁before ▁this ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁century . ▁Several ▁other ▁syn agog ues ▁followed ▁B ' na i ▁Jes h ur un ▁in ▁rapid ▁succession , ▁including ▁the ▁first ▁Polish ▁one , ▁Cong reg ation ▁Sh a are ▁Z ed ek , ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 9 . ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 5 , ▁the ▁first ▁Reform ▁temple , ▁Cong reg ation ▁E man u - El ▁of ▁New ▁York ▁opened . ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁would ▁later ▁become ▁host ▁to ▁several ▁sem in aries ▁of ▁various ▁denomin ations , ▁where ▁rabb is ▁could ▁be ▁ord ained , ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s . ▁ ▁By ▁this ▁time ▁numerous ▁commun al ▁aid ▁soci eties ▁were ▁formed . ▁These ▁were ▁usually ▁quite ▁small , ▁and ▁a ▁single ▁syn agog ue ▁might ▁be ▁associated ▁with ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁few ▁such ▁organizations . ▁Two ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁of ▁these ▁merged ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 9 ▁to ▁form ▁the ▁Heb rew ▁B ene vol ent ▁and ▁Or phan ▁As yl um ▁Society ▁( J ew ish ▁or