Person · 5605–5653 AM · 1845 CE — 1893 CE
Rabbi Baruch Hager of Vizhnitz—the Imrei Baruch רבי ברוך הגר מוויזשניץ — אמרי ברוך
the second rebbe of Vizhnitz
The son of Rabbi Menachem Mendel, founder of the Vizhnitz court, and the Ruzhiner’s grandson through his mother. He took Vizhnitz in 1884.
He led the court a short time—nine years—but in that time people began coming to him from all Bukovina and from Maramureș, and Vizhnitz stepped out of the row of local courts.
He died on 20 Kislev 1892, at forty-eight. His teachings are gathered in Imrei Baruch.
On the timeline
Related
Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vizhnitz—the Tzemach TzaddikRabbi Yisrael of RuzhinRabbi Yisrael Hager of Vizhnitz—the Ahavas Yisroel
Sources
Acharonim and later rabbinic literature
- Imrei Baruch—his teachings — the book he is named by
- The Vizhnitz tradition on the second rebbe — nine years at the head of the court
Basis: documents and evidence.