Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters

Picture of The Ahavat Yisrael of Vizhnitz

Opening: $400
Unsold
“Image of Rabbi of Vizhnitz” – Illustration of lithographic printing, printed around time of his death.
Margins of illustration: “By Eliyahu HaCohen Steinberger Grosswardein, 1937”.
Rabbi Yisrael Hager (1860-1781), among great geniuses of his generation. Served as Rebbe of Vizhnitz from 1893. During his leadership Vizhnitz became the largest Hassidism in Hungary, Marmarosh and Galicia. Known for his book Ahavat Yisrael.
Printed illustration, framed. 35 cm. Good condition, stains [not examined outside of frame].
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