Although most of the materials in the Carlebach Rabbinic Family Collection were written in German - either handwritten or typed - a significant portion is in Hebrew and Yiddish. The oldest document in the collection is a manuscript by Rabbi Ephraim Fishel Joel (1795-1851), who traveled from Inowroclaw to become the Rabbi of the Moisling Jewish community near Luebeck in 1824. The collection also includes an illustrated handwritten document in Yiddish, attributed to Rabbi Alexander S. Adler (1816-1869) from his time at the Wuerzburg Yeshiva. This document contains the wedding speech he wrote for his cousin, Seligman Adler, in 1829. About a hundred years later, his great-grandson, Esriel Carlebach, studied at the Telshe Yeshiva and later at Merkaz HaRav Kook in Jerusalem. Between 1924 and 1927, dozens of Hebrew letters and postcards were sent to his father, Rabbi Dr. Ephraim Carlebach, and the family in Leipzig.
Among the rabbinical documents, noteworthy items include ketubot (marriage contracts), kashrut certificates, and Teudot Haver (rabbinic membership certificates), some of which are preserved in the Carlebach family collection. Additionally, many manuscripts - including handwritten records, letters, prayers, and sermons for Shabbat and Jewish holidays - contain references to Hebrew biblical verses. Beyond these manuscripts, the collection also includes a selection of rare printed works in Hebrew, some of which are displayed here.