Large Archive of Letter and Documents – Chabad Kollel in Jerusalem

Large Archive of Letter and Documents – Chabad Kollel in Jerusalem
Large archive of documents, letters and copies of letters, typewritten and handwritten, ownership documents of properties (kushanim) and printed material, matters pertaining to the Chabad Kollel in Jerusalem, most from 1920-1940. The content of the collection is very varied and contains: Letters and documents signed by the Kollel rabbis and appointees: Rabbi Shlomo Leib Eliezrov, Rabbi Avraham Leib Zilberman Av Beit Din of Safed, Rabbi Nisan Horwitz, Rabbi Mendel Na'eh, Rabbi Kroll of Kfar Chassidim, Rabbi Pinchas Epstein, Rabbi David Yungreiss, Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tukachinsky, etc. · Copies of many letters sent to the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch and from him, at the time he resided in Riga and in Brooklyn. · Copies of correspondence with Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson – The Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe. · Letters to the Rebbe Rayatz regarding special fundraising campaigns for the survivors of the 1929 riots. · A copy of a long letter to Rabbi Alazarov describing the death of Rabbi Chaim Chizkiyahu Medini – the author of Sde Chemed in 1905. · Proclamation by the Chief Rabbinate announcing the impending arrival of the Rayatz to Jerusalem, assessments before the visit of the Rebbe Rayatz to Jerusalem and discussions regarding the arrangements of his accomodations. · Printed proclamations of the Rayatz' letters, polemics and collection of charity. · Documents regarding testaments and estates. · Receipts and various documents concerning emissaries and collecting donations throughout the world. · Documents concerning distribution and management of the funds, properties and apartments of the Kollel: Beit Din documents, official documents and Kushanim, lists of assets of the Kollel in Jerusalem and in Hebron, a certificate of purchase of property in Lifta (Mei Niftoach) by Rabbi Nisan Horwitz from the gaba'im of the Chabad Kollel. · Lists of distribution (of funds) in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Tiberias and Safed, burial permits, election of appointees and their replacements, various strategies for managing and raising money. · Letters about dealing with the JNF and the Slobodka, Telz and Ponevezh Yeshivas, for donations. Production, distribution and management of the charity boxes setup – the Shofarot of the Kollel. The Hebroniyim Committee. · More. Four binders. Approximately 400 paper items. The overall condition of the documents is very good.