Bidspirit auction | Set of Shulchan Aruch Harav

Set of Shulchan Aruch Harav Gifted by the Imrei Chaim of Vishnitz To One of His Talmidim. - A remarkable story accompanies this set: One of his prominent Chassidim lived in the village of Kfar Ata, then truly a small village of wooden huts. Around 1950 the family’s home tragically burned down. The Rebbe summoned the head of the household and gifted him his personal set of Shulchan Aruch HaRav to provide him with comfort and support. 1. Shulchan Aruch HaRav, Orach Chaim, Part I. Stettin, 1864. On the second title page, introduction page, and final page appear stamps of the Rebbe Chaim Meir Hager of Vizhnitz from his tenure as Av Beit Din of Vilchovitz and its surroundings (c. 1910–1936): “C haim Meir Hager, Av Beit Din of Vilchovitz Son of The Tzadik of Viznitz Shlit''a ”. 2. Shulchan Aruch HaRav, Orach Chaim, Part II. Brody, 1875. On the title page are stamps from his later period, while residing in Tel Aviv “Chaim Meir Hager son of Rebbe Yisroel of Vizhnitz, Tel Aviv.” 3. Shulchan Aruch HaRav, Part III. Zhitomir printing, lacking title page. On the first page appear similar stamps from his Tel Aviv period. ''Chaim Meir Hager son of Rebbe Yisroel of Vizhnitz, Tel Aviv.” Also includes earlier ownership inscriptions: “Belongs to the synagogue of the New Market of Kishinev.” Condition note: tear with loss of text on folio 106.  4. Shulchan Aruch HaRav, Yoreh De’ah, Part V. Warsaw, 1895. Stamped on the title page : 'Chaim Meir Hager son of Rebbe Yisroel of Vizhnitz, Tel Aviv.” The Holy Rebbi Chaim Meir Hager of Vizhnitz (1888–1972), author of Imrei Chaim, was the second son and successor of the Rebbi Yisrael Hager of Vizhnitz. During World War I, he relocated with his father to Grosswardein, where the Vizhnitz court was reestablished. He served as rabbi of Vilchovitz , though he spent much of his time assisting his father in leading the Hasidic court. After his father’s passing in 1936, he assumed leadership as Rebbe of Vizhnitz in Grosswardein. During World War II, he narrowly escaped destruction. After the war, he returned briefly, and in 1947 immigrated to the Land of Israel, where he first resided in Tel Aviv.   Later he established Kiryat Vizhnitz in Bnei Brak, rebuilding the dynasty and its institutions. He became one of the foremost leaders of Haredi Jewry and a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudath Israel. His teachings were published in the series Imrei Chaim.