Colorful membership certification with pictures and illustrations of institutes of Vizhnitz Chassidut. Issued to Rabbi Chaim Abir Linder who “merited to be a member of the Mishnayot association of our Yeshiva”. [Bnei Brak], [1961].
Signature of Rebbe Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua Hager of Vizhnitz alongside printed copy of signature of his father the Rebbe author of the “Imrei Chaim”. Beneath, signature of Rabbi Ya’akov David Vizhnitzer.
The Rebbe Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua Hager (1916-2012) son of Rebbe Rabbi Chaim Meir Hager – the “Imrei Chaim” of Vizhnitz. Already in his youth served as rabbi of Vizhnitz Chassidim in the town of Wilkowice. In 1944 fled from the inferno of death and immigrated to Eretz Yisrael whereupon he was appointed as Rosh Yeshiva of Vizhnitz, a position in which he assisted his father who also survived the Holocaust, in establishing and expanding the Chassidism of Vizhnitz. Following the demise of his father in 1972 he succeeded him and led the great congregation of Vizhnitz for approximately forty years. His sons are Rebbes Rabbi Yisrael and Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hager. His sons-in-law are the Rebbe of Belz, Rebbe of Satmar and Rebbe of Skver.
46x32 cm. leaf. Within gilded wooden frame. Good condition, not examined outside of frame.