Lot 368
Kol Yehuda Haggadah (Belz) – Copy of Rebbe Baruch Hager of Seret-Vizhnitz
Passover Haggadah, Kol Yehuda (with Torah thoughts by Belz Rebbes). Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Segal Deutsch Rabbi in Makó. [New York, c. 1946]. Second edition.
Dedication on title page from 1951, handwritten and signed by the publisher, Rabbi Yehoshua Segal Deutsch, son of the author, to Rebbe Hager from Seret-Vizhnitz.
Recipient of book: The Rebbe of Seret-Vizhnitz, Rabbi Baruch Hager (1895-Cheshvan 1963), fourth son of the Ahavat Yisrael of Vizhnitz. His first marriage was to the daughter of Rebbe Yissachar Dov of Belz and his second was to the daughter of Rabbi Eliezer Nissan Horwitz. Was a Torah genius and an outstanding Chassid. Served in the rabbinate from 1923 and in 1936 was appointed Rebbe in his city of Seret (Siret). In 1947, immigrated to Haifa where he established his Beit Midrash and a large community which is a Torah lighthouse in the city of Haifa until today. Member of Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah, one of the heads of Chinuch Atzma'i and of Agudat Yisrael.
The writer of the dedication is Rabbi Yehoshua Segal Deutsch (1910-1990), author of Beit HaLachmi son-in-law of Rabbi David Shperber, Rabbi of Brașov. Disciple of Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky and Rabbi Yo'el Teitelbaum. Served as "Junior Rabbi" in Brașov and in the rabbinate of various communities in the Diaspora. After the Holocaust, he ascended to Jerusalem where he was appointed Av Beit Din in Katamon and was the first head of the Belz Yeshivot in Eretz Israel.
His father, the author, was Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Segal Deutsch (1836-1938,Otzar HaRabbanim 6338), Torah genius and Chassid. Dayan and halachic authority in Makó for 35 years. Disciple of the author of Arugat HaBosem". Was close follower of Rebbe Yechezkel of Sieniawa and Rebbe Yissachar Dov of Belz. Wrote many books on halacha, aggada and Chassidut.
[16], 212 pp. Approximately 21 cm. Good condition, use stains and slight wear. Original binding.
Otzar HaHagadot 3790.
From the collection of Moshe Ya’ari.
