Letter to the Admor Rabbi Baruch Hager of Vizhnitz
by the Austro-Hungarian Empire
19 century
An historic document addressed
to the Admor Rabbi Baruch Hager of Vizhnitz, author of Imrei Baruch by the regional governor on behalf of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, approving the Admor’s request to fundraise for Austrian and Hungarian Jews dwelling in Israel.
“The Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior issued an order in April 1891 granting you approval to collect money as donations to benefit Austro-Hungarian citizens living in Palestine.[This order] is valid for a period of three years, until April 1894.”The approval is on the condition of appointing honest fundraisers who will manage the donations responsibly with full personal supervision of the Admor, and to submitting detailed financial reports to the government and publishing them in newspapers printed in Blumberg and Czernowitz. The letter bears the governor’s signature and the signature and stamp of the Austro-Hungarian Consul in Tzfas. A copy of the letter was sent to Rabbi Moshe Zeiger (Rabbi Moshe Charag) whowas appointed to direct Kollel Vizhnitz in Tzfas.
The
Admor Rabbi Baruch Hager of Vizhnitz (1845-1893), son of the Admor Rabbi Menachem
Mendel of Vizhnitz and grandson of the Admor of Ruzhin, was the author of Imrei Baruch and second Admor of the glorious Vizhnitz dynasty. A tzaddik and one of the undisputed spiritual leaders of his generation, he devoted great efforts to fundraising for Kollel Galicia to support the poverty-stricken members of the Yishuv in Eretz Yisrael. He collected and distributed enormous sums of money to tzedakah, and when he passed away in his prime, many were left bereft and lacking financial support.
Vizhnitz, 1891. Folded leaf. Page Size: 33×21 cm. 3 handwritten sides.Condition: Stains and tears, but all text intact.
Attached is a copy of the letter in German with a full English translation.
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