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 Spira, Chaim Elazar. SEDER HAGADAH SHEL PESAH... SHA`AR ISASCHAR [HASSIDIC HAGGADAH]. Brooklyn; Erno Friedman, 1945. Clothbound. 8vo. [12], 108, [8] pages. 23 cm. In Hebrew. Black cloth hardcover with gilt lettering on front. A facsimile edition of the ”Sha`ar Issaschar”, a Hassidic Haggadah by Chaim Elazar Spira of Munkacz, published posthumously in 1938. The book includes an introduction by his son-in-law, Baruch Yehoshua Yerachmiel Rabinowicz. The end of the book features 7 pages of correspondence by Spira. Finally, the book features a single page in which the publisher, Rabbi Erno Friedman, attempts to rebuke claims that Rabinowicz struck a deal with the Zionists in order to escape Europe during the Holocaust. “Elazar Shapira was born in Strzyzów, Galicia in 1871 and served as Head of the Beit Din in Munkács. With the passing of his father, Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Shapira, in 1913, Chaim Elazar Shapira became the Admor (Grand Rabbi) of Munkács. Rabbi Chaim Elazar Shapira was the Admor of a well-known sect of Hasidim, renowned for his Torah genius. His followers and enemies alike spoke very highly of him, and his influence spread far beyond Munkács, to Subcarpathian Rus' and Hungary. … In 1922, the town established its great yeshiva, ”Darchei Teshuva, ” that drew large numbers of students from across Hungary and Czechoslovakia and soon became one of the largest yeshivot in Hungary. He became head of the yeshiva, giving his lessons within its walls. During his tenure, some 200 students learned at the yeshiva, which won recognition from the Czech authorities as an official institution for instructing rabbis. In 1930, Rabbi Chaim Elazar Shapira visited Eretz Israel. One of his disciples, Rabbi Moshe Goldstein, accompanied him, writing about his rebbe's visit in his book ‘Masa'ot Yerushalayim’ (Jerusalem Travels). … Rabbi Chaim Elazar Shapira was known for his fierce objection to Zionism, in all of its manifestations, as well as immigration to Eretz Israel. … In 1937, Rabbi Chaim Elazar Shapira passed away, and thousands accompanied him on his final journey. He was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Munkács, in the tomb of the Munkács Admorim, where his father, Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Shapira, and his grandfather, Rabbi Shlomo Shapira, were also buried. In the 1970s, the Munkács Jewish cemetery, including the graves of the Admorim, was moved to a new cemetery in the adjoining town of Kerepec. …Rabbi Chaim Elazar Shapira wrote numerous books, including ‘Sefer Ot Chayim’, ‘Sefer Divrei Kodesh’, a series of books (9 volumes) called Divrei Torah’, ‘Sefer Darchei Teshuva’, ‘Sefer Hagahot Hayerushalmi’, ‘Sefer Chamisha Ma'amarot’ (five parts) and ‘Sefer Sha'ar Yissachar’. His collection of responsa known as Minchat Elazar led to his nickname: Ba'al HaMinchat Elazar. ” (Yad Vashem History of Munkacs). Subjects: Haggadot - Texts. Seder - Liturgy - Texts. Judaism - Liturgy - Texts. OCLC lists one copy (Emory Univ) of the 1945 edition, and one copy (Natl Libr Israel) of the 1938 edition