Collection of Letters and Documents – Karlin-Stolin Chassidut, 1960s-1980s

Collection of Letters and Documents – Karlin-Stolin Chassidut, 1960s-1980s
Collection of handwritten letters and documents (including transcription of sermons and memoirs of the current Karlin-Stolin rebbe), documents and receipts from Karlin-Stolin chassidim in Jerusalem and the United States, ca. 1963-1989.
Some of the letters and documents date from the Rebbe’s youth, at the beginning of his tenure as leader of the Karlin-Stolin community.
· Letter requesting guidance from the Rebbe, with a list of agreed-upon guidelines. The letter contains 16 signatories. Jerusalem, 1970. The signatories include: R. "Shimon ben Rachel Leah Schwartz", R. "Shaul Yitzchak ben Feiga Chana Freund", R. "David ben Sheina Chana Shapira", R. "Yoel ben Chaya Slava Bookshpan", R. "Yoel ben Chaya Feiga Bookshpan", R. "Yechiel Tzvi ben Chaya Ekstein", and other well-known figured from the Jerusalem Karlin-Stolin community.
· Interesting memoirs including descriptions of the Rebbe's visit to Eretz Israel. Kislev, 1971. · Memoirs from the addresses of the Rebbe in the "holy court" in Brooklyn. Tishrei, 1973. · Letters written to the parents of the Rebbe requesting advice from their son regarding marriage suggestions. Jerusalem, 1963. (Note that the Rebbe was only eight and half at the time!) · Various interesting correspondence between chassidim in Eretz Israel and the Diaspora. · Receipts for "ma'amadot" money donated to the Rebbe, signed by R. "Shaul Yitzchak Freund". · "Kvittel" notes with various requests written to be given to the Rebbe. · Various documents and forms.
The current Rebbe of Karlin-Stolin, R. Baruch Yaakov Halevi Shochet (born 1955), was appointed rebbe as an infant upon the passing of his grandfather, R. Yochanan Perlow, in 1955. As a child and a young man he lived in his parents' home in the United States, while most of his chassidim lived in Eretz Israel, where they established the flourishing Torah institutions of Karlin-Stolin.
Approximately 75 paper items (printed and handwritten). Size and condition vary.