(Chassidic Rebbi of Vishnitz/Bnei Braq, 1888-1972). Secretarial Letter Signed (twice) in Hebrew, with four autograph lines, written to R. Aaron Farkash. With stamp. Also signed by R. Menachem Mendel Gutman and Shmuel Kahana.

AUCTION 53 | Thursday, December 08th, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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Lot 278

HAGER, CHAIM MEIR

(Chassidic Rebbi of Vishnitz/Bnei Braq, 1888-1972). Secretarial Letter Signed (twice) in Hebrew, with four autograph lines, written to R. Aaron Farkash. With stamp. Also signed by R. Menachem Mendel Gutman and Shmuel Kahana.

An impassioned letter imploring the recipient to remember the great spiritual uplift experienced through his father, the Ahavas Yisroel. Requests that the Chassidim in America participate in the writing of a Sepher Torah and requests funds for the reconstruction of the Rebbe’s synagogue for the sake of his health. Two pages

Grossvardein: 1933

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $450

The second son of R. Yisroel Hager, the Ahavas Yisrael of Vishnitz. He succeeded his father as Rebbe in Grossvardein. In 1947 he left Rumania and emigrated to Israel where he established the first Chassidic neighborhod in Bnei Braq where he reinvigorated the Chassiduth of Vishnitz.