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Bidding Information
Lot #    8137
Auction End Date    9/21/2004 3:44:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Letter by R. Hayyim Hager of Ottynia
Title (Hebrew)    כתב מה'ר חיים האגר מאוטיניא
Author    [Ms. - Chassidim]
City    Ottynia
Publication Date    1918
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [1] p., 227:150 mm., light age staining, somewhat faded, ink on paper, neat Ashkenazic script, signed and dated.
          
Detailed
Description		    R. Hayyim Hager (1862-1932), rebbe and descendent of the Vizhnitz hasidic dynasty, was born in Vizhnitz to his father R. Baruch the rebbe of Vizhnitz, author of Imrei Barukh (1912). One of nine brothers and three brother-in-laws who were hasidic rabbis. In 1873, R. Hayyim moved to Ottynia where he established his dynasty. He attracted a huge following and many disciples came for his advice and blessings. During the World War I, R. Hayyim moved to Vienna and then settled in Stanislawow. He passed on in Cracow and was interred in Stanislawow. A collection of his writings, Nemukei Hayyim, was published in Tel-Aviv in 1960.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Other:    Ukraine
  
Subject
Hasidic:    Checked
History:    Checked
  
Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
Letters:    Checked
  
Kind of Judaica