Large leaf – fine colored certificate in calligraphic script, decorated with stylized pillars, a crown, and foliate designs – certificate of appointment issued by Kollel Vizhnitz and Maramureș, appointing Rebbe Menachem Mendel Hager Rabbi of Oyber-Visheve (Viseu de Sus) as Nasi of the Holy Land. Safed, Adar [1937].
The rebbes of Vizhnitz, beginning from the first rebbe, Rebbe Menachem Mendel Hager the Tzemach Tzadik, were active as "Nasi of the Holy Land" in raising funds for the poor of Safed and Tiberias and distributing Eretz Israel funds. In time, Kollel Vizhnitz was founded, and later became the main Kollel for immigrants from Bukovina and eastern Galicia. After the passing of the Ahavat Yisrael, his eldest son Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Visheve succeeded him as "Nasi of the Holy Land".
Rebbe Menachem Mendel Hager of Visheve (1885-1941), son of the Ahavat Yisrael of Vizhnitz. Served as rabbi of Vizhnitz, and later of Visheve, where he founded the Beit Yisrael yeshiva. A leader of Agudath Yisrael and member of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah.
The present certificate, presumably made by the artist R. Yosef Zvi Geiger of Safed, was not completed, and is unsigned.
[1] large leaf. 62 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Stains from purple ink spilled on leaf (possibly due to that, the certificate was not completed nor signed).

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