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<h1>Vizhnitz (Hasidic dynasty)</h1>
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<strong>Vizhnitz</strong> or <em>Vizhnitzer Hasidim</em> are a <a href="/term/Haredi">Haredi</a> group of <a href="/term/Hasidic_Judaism">Hasidic Jews</a>. They are headed by their <a href="/term/Rebbe">Rebbe</a>s ("Grand Rabbis") whose family name is <strong>Hager</strong>.
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A drawing of Rebbe Menachem Mendel Hager, zt"l, author of <em>Tzemach Tzaddik</em>, the first Viznitzer Rebbe</div>
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center:  Rebbe Yisroel Hager, zt"l, author of <em>Ahavas Yisroel</em>, the third Viznitzer Rebbe</div>
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The <em>Damesek Eliezer</em> of Viznitz, zt"l</div>
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Rebbe Chaim Meir Hager, zt"l, the author of <em>Imrei Chaim</em>, the previous Viznitzer Rebbe</div>
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<li><a href="#Lineage_of_the_Viznitzer_Dynasty">1&nbsp;Lineage of the Viznitzer Dynasty</a></li><li><a href="#Viznitz_Today">2&nbsp;Viznitz Today</a></li><li><a href="#Attitude_towards_Zionism">3&nbsp;Attitude towards Zionism</a></li><li><a href="#External_links">4&nbsp;External links</a></li><li><a href="#See_also">5&nbsp;See also</a></li></ul>
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<a name="Lineage_of_the_Viznitzer_Dynasty" id="Lineage_of_the_Viznitzer_Dynasty"></a><h2>Lineage of the Viznitzer Dynasty</h2>
<ul><li>Rebbe Yisroel <a href="/term/Baal_Shem_Tov">Baal Shem Tov</a> - founder of <a href="/term/Chassidut">Hassidism</a>.</li><li>*Rebbe Yaakov Koppel Chassid - disciple of the Baal Shem Tov.</li><li>**Rebbe Menachem Mendel Hager of Kosov - author of <em>Ahavas Shalom</em> - son of Rebbe Yaakov Koppel Chassid.</li><li>***Rebbe Chaim Hager of Kosov - author of <em>Toras Chaim</em> - son of the <em>Ahavas Shalom</em></li><li>**** Rebbe Yaakov Shimshon Hager of Kosov, son of the <em>Toras Chaim</em></li><li>**** Rebbe Yosef Alter Hager of Radovitz, son of the <em>Toras Chaim</em>- Grandson-in-law of Rebbe Moshe Zvi of Savran.</li><li>**** Rebbe Menachem Mendel Hager of Viznitz - author of <em>Tzemach Tzaddik</em> - first Rebbe of Viznitz - son of the 'Toras Chaim' of Kosov - son-in-law of Rebbe Yisroel of <a href="/term/Ruzhin_(Hasidic_dynasty)">Ruzhin</a>.</li><li>***** Rebbe Menachem Mendel was succeeded by his son the Rebbe Baruch Hager of Viznitz - author of <em>Imrei Baruch</em> - son of the <em>Tzemach Tzaddik</em>.</li><li>******Rebbe Yisroel Hager of Viznitz - author of <em>Ahavas Yisrael</em> - son of the <em>Imrei Baruch</em>.</li><li>******Rebbe Chaim of Antania''- son of the "Imrei Baruch".</li><li>******Rebbe Moshe of Shotz''- son of the "Imrei Baruch".</li><li>*******Rebbe Eliezer Hager of Viznitz (1890-1945) - author of <em>Damesek Eliezer</em> - son of the <em>Ahavas Yisrael</em></li><li>*******Rebbe Baruch Hager of Seret-Viznitz - author of <em>Mekor Baruch</em> - son of the <em>Ahavas Yisrael</em>.</li><li>********Rebbe Eliezer Hager of Seret-Viznitz - present Rebbe of Seret-Viznitz of Haifa - son of the <em>Mekor Baruch</em>.</li><li>********Rabbi Hager, previous Rosh Yeshivah of Seret-Viznitz - son of the <em>Mekor Baruch</em></li><li>*********Rabbi Hager, Shotz-Viznitz Rebbe of Haifa - son of the previous Rosh Yeshiva of Seret-Viznitz</li><li>*******Rebbe Chaim Meir Hager of Viznitz - author of <em>Imrei Chaim</em> - son of the <em>Ahavas Yisrael</em>.</li><li>********Rebbe Moshe Yehoshua Hager of Viznitz - present Viznitzer Rebbe of Bnei Brak - son of the <em>Imrei Chaim</em>.</li><li>*********Rabbi Yisroel Hager - son of the present Viznitzer Rebbe of Bnei Brak.</li><li>*********Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hager - son of the present Viznitzer Rebbe of <a href="/term/Bnei_Brak">Bnei Brak</a>.</li><li>********Rebbe Mordechai Hager - present Viznitzer Rebbe of <a href="/term/Monsey,_New_York">Monsey</a> - son of the <em>Imrei Chaim</em>.</li></ul>
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Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua Hager, the Viznitzer Rebbe of Bnei Brak; and Rabbi Mordechai Hager, the Viznitzer Rebbe of Monsey, dancing together at a wedding.</div>
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<a name="Viznitz_Today" id="Viznitz_Today"></a><h2>Viznitz Today</h2><p>

The head <a href="/term/Rabbi">rabbi</a>s are also know as <em>Admorim</em> (Hebrew אדמור, which is the <a href="/term/Acronym">acronym</a> for "אדונינו מורינו ורבינו" <em>"Adonainu Morainu V'Rabainu"</em>, "Our master, Our teacher, and Our Rabbi"), who are located in <a href="/term/Monsey,_New_York">Monsey, New York</a> and <a href="/term/Bnei_Brak">Bnei Brak</a> in <a href="/term/Israel">Israel</a>. <p>

Rabbi Mordechai Hager is the Viznitzer Rebbe in Monsey and Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua Hager is the Viznitzer Rebbe is Bnei Brak.  They are sons of Rabbi Chaim Meir Hager, author of <em>Imrei Chaim</em>.  His father was Rabbi Israel Hager, author of <em>Ahavas Yisroel</em>.  His father was Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hager, founding Viznitzer Rebbe, author of <em>Tzemach Tzaddik</em>.  He was the son-in-law of Rabbi Israel of Ruzhin, and a scion of the Kosover Dynasty.<p>

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Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua of Viznitz</div>
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A rare photo of Rabbi Mordecai of Viznitz-Monsey</div>
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The Viznitzer Rebbe in Bnei Brak has two sons and four daughters.  His daughters married famous Rabbis.  One daughter married Rabbi Menachem Ernster, the <a href="/term/Rosh_Yeshiva">Rosh Yeshiva</a> of Viznitz Yeshiva in <a href="/term/Bnei_Brak">Bnei Brak</a>.  One daughter married Rabbi David Twersky, the <a href="/term/Skver_(Hasidic_dynasty)">Skverrer</a> Rebbe from <a href="/term/New_Square,_New_York">New Square</a>, NY.  One daughter married Rabbi Issachar Ber Rokeach, the <a href="/term/Belz_(Hasidic_dynasty)">Belzer</a> Rebbe from <a href="/term/Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>.  And the other daughter married Rabbi <a href="/term/Aaron_Teitelbaum">Aaron Teitelbaum</a>, Grand Rabbi of <a href="/term/Satmar">Satmar</a> in <a href="/term/Monroe_(town),_New_York">Monroe</a>, NY, eldest son of the previous <a href="/term/Satmar">Satmar</a> Rebbe from Williamsburg, Rabbi Moshe Tietelbaum.  His two sons are Rabbi Yisroel and Rabbi Mendel, the <a href="/term/Av_Beit_Din">Av Beit Din</a> of the Vizhnitzer congregation in Bnei Brak.<p>

<a href="/term/Grand_Rabbi">Grand Rabbi</a> Eliezer Hager is the Seret Viznitz Rebbe in <a href="/term/Haifa">Haifa</a>, <a href="/term/Israel">Israel</a>, he is a first-cousin of the Rebbes of Bnei Brak and Monsey.<p>

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Rebbe Baruch Hager, zt"l, author of <em>Mekor Baruch</em>, the previous Seret-Viznitz Rebbe, the son of the <em>Ahavas Yisroel</em></div>
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Rebbe Eliezer Hager, shlit"a, the Seret-Viznitz Rebbe of Haifa</div>
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Rabbi Chaim Hager of Antania, zt"l, a scion of the Viznitzer dynasty</div>
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There is also a Shotz-Viznitz Rebbe in <a href="/term/Haifa">Haifa</a>, E. Israel, a nephew of the Seret Viznitzer Rebbe.<p>

Grand Rebbe Shraga Hager, the <a href="/term/Kosover_Rebbe">Kosover Rebbe</a> of Brooklyn follows many of the customs of Viznitz.<p>

Grand Rebbe Shmuel Yaakov Kahn, the Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok Rebbe of Jerusalem was a student of Rebbe Chaim Meir of Viznitz, and has adopted many of the customs of Viznitz.<p>

<a name="Attitude_towards_Zionism" id="Attitude_towards_Zionism"></a><h2>Attitude towards Zionism</h2>
Vizhnitz Monsey, led by Grand Rebbe Mordechai Hager, is fiercely anti-Zionist, on the same line as <a href="/term/Satmar">Satmar</a>, inasmuch as he was a disciple of Rabbi <a href="/term/Joel_Teitelbaum">Joel Teitelbaum</a> of Satmar. On the other hand, Vizhnitz Bnei Brak, led by Grand Rebbe Moshe Yehoshua Hager, is much less extreme anti-Zionist, following the example of his father.  Vizhnitz Bnei Brak has a <a href="/term/Knesset">Knesset</a> member within the <a href="/term/Agudath_Israel">Agudas Yisrael</a> political party.  The Vitznitzer Rebbe from Bnei Brak has his Hassidim sing a Hassidic tune entitled "To Give Pleasure to the Creator" when he goes to vote in Israeli elections.<p>

<a name="External_links" id="External_links"></a><h2>External links</h2>
<ul><li>&#091;<a href="http://hasidicnews.com/Viznitz.shtml" target="_blank">The Two Vizhnitz (Rabbis)</a>&#093;</li><li>&#091;<a href="http://hydepark.hevre.co.il/hydepark/forum.asp?forum_id=12760" target="_blank">Viznitz - a forum in Hebrew and Yiddish</a>&#093;</li><li>&#091;<a href="http://hydepark.hevre.co.il/hydepark/forum.asp?forum_id=13185" target="_blank">Viznitz HaChassidus - a forum in Hebrew and Yiddish</a>&#093;</li><li>&#091;<a href="http://hydepark.hevre.co.il/hydepark/forum.asp?forum_id=9755" target="_blank">Viznitz Chai - a forum in Hebrew and Yiddish</a>&#093;</li><li>&#091;<a href="http://hydepark.hevre.co.il/hydepark/forum.asp?forum_id=14623" target="_blank">Seret Viznitz - a forum in Hebrew and Yiddish</a>&#093;</li></ul>
<a name="See_also" id="See_also"></a><h2>See also</h2><p>

<ul><li><a href="/term/Vyzhnytsia">Vyzhnytsia</a></li><li><a href="/term/List_of_Hasidic_dynasties">List of Hasidic dynasties</a></li></ul><p>

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