Bidspirit auction | Collection of 9 Account Booklets

Collection of 9 Account Booklets – Income and Expenditure of the Diskin Orphanage, Jerusalem. - Jerusalem, Zuckerman Press, 1905–1909 [תרס”ה–תרס”ט]. 9 booklets. Rare printed account ledgers of the Beit Machseh LeYetomim, the Diskin Orphanage, founded by the Gaon and Tzaddik Rabbi Yehoshua Leib Diskin זצ”ל in Jerusalem. The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book records other years of these account booklets, but not the years represented here. The National Library of Israel holds some volumes, though not the specific issues offered in this collection. Contents of the 9 booklets: Nisan–Tammuz 1905. 44 pp. Nisan–Tammuz 1906. 44 pp. Tammuz 1906–Tishrei 1907. 36 pp. Tishrei 1907–Tevet. 44 pp. + 50, 8 pp. Tammuz 1904–Tishrei 1905. 52 pp. Tishrei 1908–Tevet 1908. 64 pp. Nisan–Tammuz 1908. 44, 15 pp. Tishrei–Tevet 1909. 58 pp. Tevet–Adar 1909. 32 pp. Size: 14 cm. Condition: Overall Good. Rare primary source material documenting the financial administration of one of Jerusalem’s most important charitable institutions in the early 20th century.