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'''Vizhnitz''' is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Menachem Mendil Hager. Vizhnitz is the Yiddish name of [[Vyzhnytsia]], a village in present-day [[Ukraine]].
Followers of the [[rebbe]]s of Vizhnitz are called ''Vizhnitzer [[Hasidic Judaism|chasidim]]''.

==Lineage of the Vizhnitzer dynasty==
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Image:Tzemachtzaddik.JPG|A drawing of Rebbe Menachem Mendil Hager (''the first Vizhnitzer Rebbe''), author of '''Tzemach Tzadik'''
Image:Rabbichaimfromantania.JPG|Rabbi Chaim Hager of Ottynia, author of '''Tal Chaim''', (''son of the Imrei Baruch'')
Image:Yitschok Yaakov Dovid Hager.jpg|Rabbi Yitschok Yaakov Dovid Hager of [[Storozhynets]], (''son of the Imrei Baruch'')
Image:Ahavasyisrael.JPG|Rebbe Yisroel Hager (centre), author of '''Ahavas Yisroel''', (''the third Vizhnitzer Rebbe'')
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* Rebbe Yisroel [[Baal Shem Tov]] - founder of [[Chasidut|Hasidism]]
* Rebbe Yaakov Koppel Chasid - disciple of the Baal Shem Tov
* Rebbe Menachem Mendel Hager of Kosov - author of '''Ahavas Shalom''' - (''son of Rebbe Yaakov Koppel Chossid'')
* Rebbe Chaim Hager of Kosov - author of '''Toras Chaim''' - (''son of the Ahavas Shalom'')
** Rebbe Yaakov Shimshon Hager of Kosov, (''son of the Toras Chaim'')
** Rebbe Yosef Alter Hager of Radovitz, (''son of the Toras Chaim; grandson-in-law of Rebbe Moshe Zvi of Savran'')
** '''1. Rebbe Menachem Mendil Hager of Vizhnitz''' - first Rebbe of Vizhnitz - author of '''Tzemach Tzadik''' - (''son of the Toras Chaim of Kosov; son-in-law of Rebbe Yisroel of [[Ruzhin (Hasidic dynasty)|Ruzhin]]'').
*** '''2. Rebbe Boruch Hager of Vizhnitz''' - author of '''Imrei Baruch''' - (''son of the Tzemach Tzadik'').
**** Rabbi Chaim of [http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottynia Ottynia] (d.1931) - author of '''Tal Chaim''' (''son of the Imrei Baruch'').
***** Rabbi Israel Shalom Joseph Hager, [[Admor]] of [[Stanislawow]], (''son of the Tal Chaim'').
***** Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hager, Admor of Ottynia, (''son of the Tal Chaim'').
**** Rabbi Moshe of [[Suceava|Shatz]] (''son of the Imrei Baruch'').
**** Rabbi Yitschok Yaakov Dovid of [[Storozhynets]] (''son of the Imrei Baruch'').
**** '''3. Rebbe Yisroel Hager of Vizhnitz''' - author of '''Ahavas Yisrael''' - (''son of the Imrei Baruch'').
***** Rabbi Menachem Mendl Hager (1886-1941), Rov of [[Vişeu de Sus|Vishive]] — (''eldest son of the Ahavas Yisrael'').
***** Rebbe Eliezer Hager of Vizhnitz (1890-1945) - author of '''Damesek Eliezer''' - (''son of the Ahavas Yisrael'').
***** '''4a.''' '''Rebbe Baruch Hager of Seret-Vizhnitz''' - author of '''Mekor Baruch''' - (''son of the Ahavas Yisrael'').
****** '''5a.''' '''Rebbe Eliezer Hager of Seret-Vizhnitz''' - present Rebbe of Seret-Vizhnitz of [[Haifa]] - (''son of the Mekor Baruch'').
****** Rabbi Moshe Hager, previous Rosh Yeshivah of Seret-Vizhnitz - (''son of the Mekor Baruch'').
******* '''6.''' Rabbi Hager, Shotz-Vizhnitz Rebbe of Haifa - (''son of Moshe Hager'').
***** '''4b.''' '''Rebbe Chaim Meir Hager of Vizhnitz''' - author of '''Imrei Chaim''' - (''son of the Ahavas Yisrael'').
****** '''5b.''' '''Rebbe Moshe Yehoshua Hager of Vizhnitz''' - present Vizhnitzer Rebbe in [[Bnei Brak]] - (''son of the Imrei Chaim'').
****** '''5c.''' '''Rebbe Mordechai Hager of Monsey-Vizhnitz''' - present Monsey-Vizhnitzer Rebbe in [[Monsey, New York|Monsey]] - (''son of the Imrei Chaim'').
******* '''6.''' Rabbi Dovid Hager, Rov of Imrey Chaim Community, [[London]]

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Image:Menachem Mendl Hager.jpg|Rabbi Menachem Mendl Hager, Rov of Vishive, (''son of the "Ahavas Yisroel"'')
Image:Damesekeliezer.JPG|Rebbe Eliezer Hager, author of '''Damesek Eliezer''', (''son of the "Ahavas Yisroel"'')
Image:Mekorbaruch.JPG|Rebbe Baruch Hager, author of '''Mekor Baruch''', (''the previous Seret-Vizhnitz Rebbe, son of the "Ahavas Yisroel"'')
Image:Imreichaim.JPG|Rebbe Chaim Meir Hager, author of '''Imrei Chaim''', (''the previous Vizhnitzer Rebbe, son of the "Ahavas Yisroel")
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==Vizhnitz today==
[[Image:VizhnitzEdited.jpg|thumb|Vizhnitz [[Simchat Beit HaShoeivah|Simchas Beis HaShoeivah]] in [[Bnei Brak]] in 2006]]
The head [[rabbi]]s are also know as ''Admorim'' ({{lang-he|אדמו"ר}}, which is the [[acronym]] for "אדונינו מורינו ורבינו" ''"Adoneinu Moreinu V'Rabeinu"'', "Our master, Our teacher, and Our rabbi"), who are located currently in [[Bnei Brak]] and [[Haifa]] in [[Israel]] and [[Monsey, New York]].

The Vizhnitzer Rebbe in Bnei Brak has two sons and four daughters. His sons-in-law are famous rabbis.The eldest daughter married Rabbi David Twersky, the [[Skver (Hasidic dynasty)|Skverer]] Rebbe of [[New Square, New York|New Square]], NY. One daughter married Rabbi Issachar Ber Rokeach, the [[Belz (Hasidic dynasty)|Belzer]] Rebbe from [[Jerusalem]]. One daughter married Rabbi [[Aaron Teitelbaum]], the [[Satmar]] Rebbe from [[Kiryas Joel]], NY. The youngest daughter married Rabbi Menachem Ernster, the [[rosh yeshiva]] of Vizhnitz [[Yeshiva]] in Bnei Brak.

His elder son is Rabbi Yisroel. A daughter of Rabbi Yisroel married the youngest son of his uncle - [[Rabbi Mordechai Hager]]. Another daughter married the second son of his brother-in-law - Rabbi David Twersky, the [[Skver (Hasidic dynasty)|Skverer]] Rebbe.

His younger son is Rabbi Menachem Mendel. He became the [[Av Beis Din]] of the Vizhnitzer congregation in Bnei Brak after he had his brother ousted which lasted for eighteen years. Currently he is president of the ''Ichud Chasidei Vizhnitz'' (Union of Vizhnitzer Chasidim) - a newly formed offshoot member group.

[[Grand Rabbi]] Eliezer Hager is the Seret-Vizhnitzer Rebbe in [[Haifa]], [[Israel]], he is a first-cousin of the rebbes of Bnei Brak and Monsey. He is the son of Rebbe Boruch Hager, zt"l, author of Mekor Baruch, who was the son of the Ahavas Yisroel. There is also a Shotz-Vizhnitzer Rebbe in [[Haifa]], Israel, a nephew of the Seret-Vizhnitzer Rebbe.

Grand Rebbe [[Shraga Feivel Hager]], the [[Kosov (Hasidic dynasty)|Kosover]] Rebbe of Brooklyn, is a descendant of the ''Imrei Boruch'' and follows many of the customs of Vizhnitz. His namesake great-grandfather was a brother of Rabbi Israel Hager, author of ''Ahavas Yisroel''.

Grand Rebbe [[Shmuel Yaakov Kohn]], the [[Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok]] Rebbe of Jerusalem was a student of the late Rebbe Chaim Meir of Vizhnitz, as well as the present Rebbe Moshe Yehoshua of Vizhnitz and has adopted many of the customs of Vizhnitz.

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Image:Wiznitz-BneiBrak-monsey.jpg|Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua Hager, the Vizhnitzer Rebbe in Bnei Brak; and Rabbi Mordechai Hager, the Monsey-Vizhnitzer Rebbe, when the brothers met after many years not seeing each other.

Image:Seretviznitz.JPG|Rebbe Eliezer Hager, shlit"a, the Seret-Vizhnitz Rebbe of Haifa
Image:Viznitzmonsey.JPG|A rare photo of Rabbi Mordecai of Monsey-Vizhnitz
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== See also ==
*[[Vyzhnytsia]]
*[[List of Hasidic dynasties]]
{{Hasidic dynasties}}

==External links==
*[http://hasidicnews.com/Viznitz.shtml The Two Vizhnitz (Rabbis)]
*[http://www.ilovetorah.com/viznitzbenibrak.jpg The two sons of Vizhnitz]
*[http://chaptzem.blogspot.com/2006/08/vizhnitz-gets-court-decision-on-bnei.html Vizhnitz court case]
*[http://hydepark.hevre.co.il/hydepark/forum.asp?forum_id=13185 Vizhnitz HaChassidus - a forum in Hebrew and Yiddish]
*[http://hydepark.hevre.co.il/hydepark/forum.asp?forum_id=9755 Vizhnitz Chai - a forum in Hebrew and Yiddish]
*[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7484487638302201647&q=rebbe+satmar Video of Vizhnitzer Rebbe with his son-in-law the Satmar Rebbe]
*[http://www.wiznitz.com/ Rav Mendel Hager - The Av Beis Din - exclusive website]
*[http://www.nkusa.org/Historical_Documents/monsey072302statement.cfm Vizhnitz-Monsey Rebbe's son signs document condemning those who received Binyamin Netanyahu during his 2002 visit to New York]

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