Lot 180
Mareh Yechezkel – Dedication from Rebbe Mordechai Hager of Vizhnitz-Monsey
Mareh Yechezkel, part 1 on the Torah and part 2 on the festivals, and Novellae on the Aggadot, by Rabbi Yechezkel Panet, Av Beit Din of Carlsberg. Jerusalem, 1966.
On the leaf before the title page is a long dedication from 1883 handwritten and signed by Rebbe Mordechai Hager of Vizhnitz-Monsey.
Rebbe Mordechai Hager of Vizhnitz-Monsey was born in 1922 in Grosswardien to his father the Rebbe author of Imrei Chaim of Vizhnitz. Studied under his grandfather Rebbe Yisrael Hager, author of Ahavat Yisrael of Vizhnitz, under Rebbe Yoel of Satmar and under Rebbe Yosef Greenwald of Papa. His first marriage was to the daughter of Rebbe Ya'akov Yosef of Skvyra. Following his father-in-law, he moved to the US after the Holocaust and there he established the Vizhnitz Chassidism, first in NY and afterward in Monsey. One of the eldest Rebbes and Jewish leaders in the US.
37, [6] pages; 50; [1], 32; [32] leaves; 7 pages. 27 cm. Very good condition. Minor damage to binding.
