Printed wedding invitation, with letters signed by Rebbe Chaim Meir Hager, author of Imrei Chaim and his son Rebbe Moshe Yehoshua Hager, author of Yeshuot Moshe. Bnei Brak, 1966.
Printed invitation, on behalf of the Rebbe author of Imrei Chaim, to the wedding of his granddaughter, daughter of his son Rebbe Moshe Yehoshua Hager, with Rebbe Aharon Teitelbaum of Siget-Satmar, on 21st Sivan 1966. On verso is a letter handwritten by a scribe an hand-signed by the bride’s grandfather, Rebbe "Chaim Meir", and a letter handwritten and signed by the bride’s father "Moshe Yehoshua".
The invitation was sent to their relative R. Mordechai Aryeh Horwitz Rabbi of Banyliv.
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 to 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. His wife, Rebbetzin Margalit was the daughter of Rebbe Zeev Twersky of Rachmastrivka.
His son and successor, Rebbe Moshe Yehoshua Hager, author of Yeshuot Moshe (1916-2012), served as Rabbi of Vil’khovets. In 1944, he escaped the Holocaust and immigrated to Eretz Israel. Upon his arrival, he was appointed dean of the Vizhnitz Yeshiva, and assisted his father in establishing and expanding the Vizhnitz Chassidism. Following his father’s passing in 1972, he succeeded him and led the large court of Vizhnitz Chassidim for forty years. He was renowned for his exceptional diligence, holiness and outstanding service of G-d. Multitudes flocked to his Tishim, to be inspired by his fiery passion and typical Vizhnitz "sweetness", which enraptured and aroused the crowd. From 1989, he served as president of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah of Agudath Yisrael. Some of his discourses and letters were published in the nine-volume Yeshuot Moshe series, including a collection of his lectures on Tractate Pesachim. His sons are Rebbe Yisrael Hager and Rebbe Menachem Mendel Hager. His sons-in-law are the Rebbes of Skver and Belz, Rebbe Aharon of Satmar and R. Menachem Ernster dean of the Vizhnitz Yeshiva.
[1] leaf. 22 cm. Good-fair condition. Dark stains. Folding marks and creases.