First (only) edition of the discourses of R. Baruch ben Menahem Mendel Hager of Vishnitz. Delivered orally, His Torah thoughts.were collected in Imrei Boruch by his son-in-law R. Mordechai Chodorov of Kolomea. Among the prefatory material is an introduction from R. Mordecai, The text encompasses the weekly Torah readings, Psalms, festivals, novellae, and additional subjects.

R. Baruch ben Menahem Mendel Hager of Vishnitz was born in 1845 and was named after Rabbi Baruch of Medzhybizh at the behest of his grandfather, Yisroel Friedman of Ruzhyn. In 1885, aged 40, he inherited the mantle of leadership from his father, Menachem Mendel Hager, and became rebbe to thousands of chasidim. He led them for only 8 years until his death in 1892. His Torah thoughts were collected in Imrei Barukh by his son-in-law. R. Baruch married Zipporah, daughter of R. Aryeh Leib Shapira of Koretz. Eight of his sons became rebbes in different locals: His eldest, Reb Yisroel, succeeded him in Vyzhnytsia; Reb Chaim became rebbe in Ottynia; Reb Moshe in Suceava; Reb Shmuel Avrohom Abba in Horodenka; Reb Yaakov Yitzchok Dovid in Storozhynets; Reb Pinchos in Borsha; Reb Feivish in Zelishtshik; Reb Yechiel Michel succeeded his brother in Horodenka. Another son, Reb Sholom, died in his youth. His sons-in-law were Reb Shmuel Dov Chodorov of Petriva; Reb Mordechai Chodorov of Kolomea, who published Imrei Boruch; Reb Sholom Yosef Friedman of Sadigur-Chernovitz.

Hebrew Description

...שיצאו מפי ... ר' ברוך זצלה"ה מק"ק וויזניצא ... לקטתי באמרים ... לאדפיסי אדדא[!] ... חתנא דבי נשיאה מרדכי בהר"מ [חיים יהודה מאיר] זצללה"ה חאדראוו, נכד הרה"צ [ר' דוד טבערסקי] זצללה"ה מטאלנא ...בשנת י'ח'ד' ל'ב'ב'י' ל'י'ר'א'ה' ש'מ'ך'

עמ' 13-5: הקדמה מאת ר' מרדכי חאדראוו, שהוסיף גם הערות רבות וכן "חבורי טהרה" (עמ' 62-64), "מרגנית' טבי של אבותי ... שלא באו בספריהם ... הנדפסים".
על התורה ועל מאמרי חז"ל בדרך החסידות.

הסכמות: ר' ישראל בר"ב [ב"ר ברוך האגר], וויזניצא, ו וירא תרע"ב;
ר' חיים בר"ב [ב"ר ברוך האגר], ד אלול תרע"א.