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Oct 29, 2019
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LOT 94:
Rebbe of Utinia- [Vizhnitz Marmarosch] - rare photograph, 1930s
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Rebbe of Utinia- [Vizhnitz Marmarosch] - rare photograph, 1930s
An early photograph of Rabbi Chaim Hager of Antennian at the entrance to his house. The 1930s.
The holy Admor Rabbi Chaim Hager of Ottynia [1862-1931] in Eastern Galicia was the son of Rabbi Baruch Hager - the second Admor of Vizhnitz, grandson of Rabbi Pinchas of Koritz. He was raised by his grandfather, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hager, the Tzemach Tzaddik, and was ordained by rabbinic leaders in Galicia [including Rabbi Shlomo Drimmer, author of Beit Shlomo] at the age of 13. After his father's passing in 1893, he established his court in the small town of Ottynia, and the number of his followers quickly grew to be in the thousands. He suffered much, undergoing dozens of operations due to his physical weakness. It is told that after he underwent a series of operations over a number of days, when the doctors were finally about to stitch him up, they wanted to anesthetize him for a long period. Rabbi Chaim refused and requested that the Zohar be brought to him, as well as a cigarette, and that candles be lit above him. After a half an hour of study, they could begin to stitch. Indeed, he didn't stir for the entire procedure, without any anesthetic whatsoever. This astonished the doctors and the matter was soon published in the local press.
Aside from his Torah prowess, he was also a master of prayer and a musician. He added melodies and emphases to the prayer style of Vizhnitz chassidut. He also composed tunes, such as the second part of Vizhnitz chassidut's Odeh LaKel.
During WWI, he fled to Vienna. Most of his Torah thoughts were lost during the war. After the war he returned to Galicia. He passed away in Krakow on the way to Vienna for an operation, while he was lighting candles, just after concluding the shehecheyanu blessing for lighting the first Chanukah candle. After his passing, his chassidim printed Tal Chaim on Torah and Nimukei Chaim on Talmud.
Photographs of the Admor are especially rare as, by his belief, he refused to be photographed and whenever they asked for his photograph he refused. The photo before us published after he passed away.
Size: 11x8 cm. Very good condition.
