Membership Booklet for Purchase of Land – “Bayit V'Nachala” Association – Founding the City of Bnei Brak

"Orthodox Jews in all Lands – Purchase Land in Eretz Yisrael" (Yiddish)
A membership notebook of “Bayit V'Nachala” Association, for purchase of land in Bnei Brak. [Warsaw, 1920s].
Printed booklet, with the Association's regulations and purchase stipulations with empty lines for completing the member's name, details of the property and payment. In the center of the booklet is a map of the settlements in Central Eretz Yisrael and Bnei Brak's designated location.
In 1921, an association called “Bayit V'Nachala” was established by a group of Chassidim headed by Rabbi Yitzchak Gershtenkorn, whose goal was to establish an agricultural settlement in Eretz Yisrael for charedi Jews from Poland. In 1922, a plot of land near the Arab village “Ebn Ibrak” was purchased and the association members began to market the properties changing its name to “Bnei Brak” [called after the Jewish settlement from the time of the Tana'im which existed in the area]. In 1924, the first group settled there. In its early years, the settlement was sustained by agriculture and farms, but as the years passed, it developed into a crowded city with typical charedi characteristics.
Fifteen pages. 16.5 cm. Very good condition.