Messengers on behalf of Kollel Hod raised funds in Germany and Holland, as well as in immigrant communities of the Jewish-German diaspora in England, the United States, and Australia.

They objected to the conservatism of philanthropists who demanded the separation and were generally against the mixing of various Jewish sects under fear that they would adopt modern philosophy conceived during The Enlightenment.

The Committee of Officials and Treasurers, who financed the majority of Ashkenazi projects in Jerusalem, often prevented Jews who received its money from going to certain secular businesses under worry that it would lead people astray of the teaching of the Sages to ideals of the Haskalah.

[5] The organization was responsible for helping found and maintain many institutions for Jews in Israel including the Shaare Zedek Hospital[6] and the Lämel School.

The complex's apartments were considered relatively spacious and luxuriant compared to the generally cramped living spaces within most parts of the Jewish Quarter in the Old City.