Contact notebook, of the office of Rebbe Ya'akov Halberstam of Tschakowa, printed leaves completed by hand with various details, requests and names for which to pray and for blessings, in the handwriting of the Rebbe and his assistants. US, c. 1944-1947.
Printed leaves with the title "Notes for the Holy Sites in the Holy Land" – with place to fill in various details for keeping contact with the many people who applied for his assistance: What do they request? When did they apply and who directed them? From which country did they arrive and from which city? To which rebbes were they connected in the past? How much "Pidyon funds" did they give? What language do they speak? Also entered is an address for contact and for sending receipts.
Rebbe Ya'akov Halberstam of Tschakowa (1897-1968), son of Rabbi Sinai the Rebbe of Żmigród, (son of Rabbi Baruch of Gorlice, son of the author of the Divrei Chaim) son-in-law of Rebbe Shalom of (Shotz) Suceava. From 1925 he served as Av Beit din of Tschakowa. In 1934, he dreamt of the approaching Holocaust, left the rabbinate and ascended to Jerusalem, there he established his Beit Midrash. During the Holocaust he was in the US and was very active in the Vaad HaHatzala and in Kiruv. After the Holocaust he returned to Israel to his wife and children but most of the year he stayed in the US. His sons are the famous Torah scholars Rabbi Moshe Halberstam and Rabbi Naftali Halberstam the Rebbi of Tschakowa, one of the heads of the Eda HaCharedit.
More than 160 leaves, approximately 24 cm. Fair condition, wear and spotting. Bound with metal rings of a binder (without the binder covers).