Auction 67 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Three Letters from the Imrei Chaim, Rebbe of Vizhnitz
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Three letters signed by Rebbe Chaim Meir Hager, the Imrei Chaim of Vizhnitz. Bnei Brak and Tel Aviv, 1948-1954.
• Letter of wedding congratulations, addressed to R. Yosef Adler Rabbi of Turda. Bnei Brak, Tammuz 1953.
• Letter to the Knesset member, R. Zalman Yankelevich (Ben-Yaakov), requesting he interced before the American consul, on behalf of Mrs. "Chawa Kozicki", the Rebbe's niece. Bnei Brak, Kislev 1954.
• Printed invitation, to the wedding of the Rebbe's daughter, Rebbetzin Sheva Bracha Ernster. On the verso, a typewritten letter, with the handwritten signature of the Rebbe: "Chaim Meir son of R. Y.". [Tel Aviv, Adar II 1948].
Rebbe Chaim Meir Hager, author of Imrei Chaim (1888-1972), son and successor of the Ahavat Yisrael of Vizhnitz. In 1944, he escaped the Holocaust and immigrated to Eretz Israel. Following the Holocaust, he returned to Grosswardein (Oradea), moving in 1947 to Antwerp and then Tel Aviv. He established the Kiryat Vizhnitz neighborhood in Bnei Brak, rebuilt the Vizhnitz Chassidic dynasty, and set up its institutions. He was one of the leaders of Orthodox Jewry in Eretz Israel, and a member of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah. His teachings were published in the Imrei Chaim series.
3 letters, two of them on official stationery, and the third on the verso of a printed wedding invitation. Size and condition vary. Dampstains. Wear and tears.
• Letter of wedding congratulations, addressed to R. Yosef Adler Rabbi of Turda. Bnei Brak, Tammuz 1953.
• Letter to the Knesset member, R. Zalman Yankelevich (Ben-Yaakov), requesting he interced before the American consul, on behalf of Mrs. "Chawa Kozicki", the Rebbe's niece. Bnei Brak, Kislev 1954.
• Printed invitation, to the wedding of the Rebbe's daughter, Rebbetzin Sheva Bracha Ernster. On the verso, a typewritten letter, with the handwritten signature of the Rebbe: "Chaim Meir son of R. Y.". [Tel Aviv, Adar II 1948].
Rebbe Chaim Meir Hager, author of Imrei Chaim (1888-1972), son and successor of the Ahavat Yisrael of Vizhnitz. In 1944, he escaped the Holocaust and immigrated to Eretz Israel. Following the Holocaust, he returned to Grosswardein (Oradea), moving in 1947 to Antwerp and then Tel Aviv. He established the Kiryat Vizhnitz neighborhood in Bnei Brak, rebuilt the Vizhnitz Chassidic dynasty, and set up its institutions. He was one of the leaders of Orthodox Jewry in Eretz Israel, and a member of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah. His teachings were published in the Imrei Chaim series.
3 letters, two of them on official stationery, and the third on the verso of a printed wedding invitation. Size and condition vary. Dampstains. Wear and tears.
Chassidism - Letters and Manuscripts
Chassidism - Letters and Manuscripts