Auction 44

Midrash Raba, Bamidbar—personal copy signed by the Imrei Haim, Rabbi Haim Meir Hager of Vizhnitz, with gloss among the pages.

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Midrash Raba on Numbers, Lemberg 1861, copy used personally by the Imrei Haim of Vizhnitz with his signature and stamps as well. The book has one gloss which appears to be in his handwriting as well. 137 leaves. Many moth holes, poor condition.

The Admor Rabbi Haim Meir Hager (1888-1972) was the son of Admor Rabbi Yisrael the Ahavas Yisrael of Vizhnitz, son-in-law of the Admor Rabbi Zeev of Rachmastrivka, certified by the Maharsham of Brezan, and was rabbi in Wolichovitz (Romania) until the Shoah, after which he established the Vizhnitz chassidus in Israel. He founded Kiryat Vizhnitz, and Vizhnitz institutions which continue to flower in Bnei Brak. He was a member of the Council of Torah Sages and one of the most prominent Charedi leaders in Israel.