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A receipt for charity contributed to the Kolel Schomre Hachomot in Jerusalem.The receipt is printed in Yiddish, except for some information at the top of the form. The other side of the form has two paragraphs. The first is a listing of the various ways in which this Kolel is involved in the community (schools, institutions for the ill and aged, etc) and the second paragraph is a prayer (in Yiddish) to be recited before candle lighting on the eve of Sabbath.
Kolel Shomrei haChomos (Hebrew: כולל שומרי החומות) is the financial charity instituted to support Hungarian-Jews who went up to the Holy Land, hence it is called by many the Hungarian Kollel. The Hungarians separated themselves in 1858 from its mother institute Kolel Chibas Yerushalayim which included the entire Austrian Hungarian Kingdom, and the Kollel stood under the presidency and leadership of the Ketav Sofer.
In year 1881 the Kollel built many apartment buildings to provide housing for its members. This was accomplished thanks to donations by Yitzhak Zvi Ratzersdorfer a Hungarian who later translocated to Antwerp, Belgium and helped build the Jewish Kehilla there. The houses are to this day referred called The Ungarishe Heizer - The Hungarian Houses.
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