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Copy of the Vizhnitz Rebbe R. Yisrael Hager, author of Ahavat Yisrael. With historic Glosses in his Handwriting - Copy of the Vizhnitz Rebbe R. Yisrael Hager, author of Ahavat Yisrael. With historic Glosses in his Handwriting R. Yisrael Hager (1860-1936. Encyclopedia Galicia, II, pp. 49-53; Encyclopedia of Chassidut, II, pp. 538-541) was a prominent Chassidic leader, son of R. Baruch Hager of Vizhnitz (Vyzhnytsia) and Kosov. He served as Rebbe of Vizhnitz from 1893. During WWI, he fled to Grosswardein, establishing his court there. Under his leadership, Vizhnitz became the largest Chassidic court in Hungary, Maramureș and Galicia. The rebbe dedicated his life to establishing yeshivot and boys' schools, and drawing Jewish youth to Torah study and worship of G-d. He was known for his fervent, soulful prayers. He was very engaged in charitable undertakings, and in managing the Eretz Israel charity fund. He was extremely fond of residents of Eretz Israel, and would greatly honor anyone traveling to Eretz Israel, escorting them until the door. He is named after his book Ahavat Yisrael. His sons served as rebbes and rabbis in Romania and in Eretz Israel and continued his holy work of disseminating Torah and Chassidism: R. Menachem Mendel of Visheve; R. Chaim Meir of Vizhnitz - the Imrei Chaim, who succeeded his father as rebbe in Grosswardein and after the Holocaust established his Beit Midrash in Bnei Brak; R. Eliezer - the Damesek Eliezer; R. Baruch of Seret and Haifa - the Mekor Baruch.