"the founder of the synagogue is the hero of a well-known legend deriving from the tales of 1001 nights. ayzik jakubowicz, a pious but poor jew, dreamed that there was treasure hidden under the old bridge in prague. without delay, he made his way there. on arrival, it turned out the bridge was guarded by a squad of soldiers and that digging was out of the question. ayzik told the officer about his dream, promising him half of the booty. the officer retorted, "only fools like polish jews can possibly believe in dreams. for several nights now i have been dreaming that in the jewish town of kazimierz there is hidden treasure in the oven of the home of the poor jew ayzik jakubowicz. do you think i am so stupid as to go all the way to cracow and look for the house of this isaac the son of jacob?". ayzik returned home immediately, took the oven apart, found the treasure and became rich. after this it was said: 'there are some things which you can look for the world over, only to find them in your own home. before you realise this, however, you very often have to go on along journey and search far and wide.' "