Auction 90 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Letters, Ceremonial Art
Letter from Rebbe Chaim Meir Hager of Vizhnitz – Writing a Sefer Torah and Building a Beit Midrash in Grosswardein for his Father the Ahavat Yisrael – Grosswardein, 1935
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Letter signed by R. Chaim Meir Hager of Vizhnitz, later the Imrei Chaim Rebbe of Vizhnitz. Grosswardein (Oradea), [Summer 1935].
Lengthy letter (2 pages) addressed to the philanthropist R. Aharon Farkash, from the gabbaim of the Vizhnitz Beit Midrash in Grosswardein, asking for his assistance in fundraising for a new building for the Beit Midrash. The funds would be raised by selling letters in a Sefer Torah to be written and dedicated to the Beit Midrash.
This historic letter was photographed and published in the Vizhnitz journal Kesher Etan, Kislev-Tevet 2016, p. 9 (issue enclosed).
Rebbe Chaim Meir Hager, the Imrei Chaim of Vizhnitz (1888-1972), second son and successor of the Ahavat Yisrael of Vizhnitz. During WWI, he fled with his father to Grosswardein, where he assisted his father in leading the Vizhnitz Chassidic court. Rebuilt the Vizhnitz Chassidut in Eretz Israel after the Holocaust.
[1] double leaf (2 written pages). 23.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Folding marks. Tears in several places, repaired in part with tape on verso.
PLEASE NOTE: Item description was shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
Lengthy letter (2 pages) addressed to the philanthropist R. Aharon Farkash, from the gabbaim of the Vizhnitz Beit Midrash in Grosswardein, asking for his assistance in fundraising for a new building for the Beit Midrash. The funds would be raised by selling letters in a Sefer Torah to be written and dedicated to the Beit Midrash.
This historic letter was photographed and published in the Vizhnitz journal Kesher Etan, Kislev-Tevet 2016, p. 9 (issue enclosed).
Rebbe Chaim Meir Hager, the Imrei Chaim of Vizhnitz (1888-1972), second son and successor of the Ahavat Yisrael of Vizhnitz. During WWI, he fled with his father to Grosswardein, where he assisted his father in leading the Vizhnitz Chassidic court. Rebuilt the Vizhnitz Chassidut in Eretz Israel after the Holocaust.
[1] double leaf (2 written pages). 23.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Folding marks. Tears in several places, repaired in part with tape on verso.
PLEASE NOTE: Item description was shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
Chassidut – Manuscripts and Letters
Chassidut – Manuscripts and Letters