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Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hager (born November 28, 1957) is one of the two Grand Rabbis of the Viznitz (Admor Mviznitz) Hasidic dynasty in Bnei Brak and a current member of Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of great Torah Sages) of the Agudat Yisrael movement.
Rabbi Mendel was born in Israel to Grand Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua Hager, the previous spiritual leader of the Vizhnitzer Hassidim and to Rebbetzin Leah Esther, the daughter of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Paneth of Deyzh who was murdered in the Holocaust, and after whom Rabbi Mendel was named. He is the youngest of six siblings. As a child, he received his education in the Vizhnitz educational institutions. About a year after his Bar Mitzvah, he traveled to the United States to study in the Skverer Yeshiva. In 1976, he married Rebbetzin Miriam, daughter of Rabbi Avrohom Dovid Horowitz (deceased) who served as the Chief Rabbi of the Ultra-orthodox community in Strasbourg, France, and later as a member of the Edah HaChareidis in Jerusalem. In 1984, their father, Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua Hager, removed the older brother Rabbi Yisroel from his main post as Chief Rabbi of Vizhnitz, and expelled him from the Vizhnitz community as well. In 1990, on the orders of Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua, Rabbi Mendel was crowned to serve as a Chief Rabbi of The Vizhnitzer Hassidim and also was destined to become his father's heir and to take over the leadership. In 2002, the older brother, Rabbi Yisroel, returned to Vizhnitz and was given back his post according to multiple sources close to the father he was forced to bring back his older son. The overwhelming majority of the Hassidim supported Rabbi Yisroel, and only a few hundred families followed Rabbi Mendel who decided to separate from his brother's community and establish his own community. In 2009, he founded his synagogue and Yeshiva on Shlomo Hamelech Street, which is located near the Vizhnitz neighborhood. In March 2012, after his father died, Rabbi Mendel was officially crowned as a Grand Rabbi of his community. Despite the dispute in the past, the two brothers currently maintain a good relationship and attend each other's family events.
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Avrohom Yaakov Friedman was the fifth Rebbe of the Sadigura Hasidic dynasty. In 1979 he succeeded his father, the fourth Sadigura Rebbe, and took his seat on the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah. He oversaw the growth of Sadigura communities in Israel and in London, Antwerp, and New York City.
Yisrael Friedman, also known as the "Pashkaner Rebbe", was a historian, Rabbi, and Rosh Yeshiva. "Ben-Shalom", a man of peace, was appended to the surname in reference to his forebear Sholom Shachne of Prohobisht.
Yisroel Hager, is one of the two Grand Rabbis of Vizhnitz in Bnei Brak and a member of Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudat Israel.
Mordechai Hager was the rebbe of the Hasidic sect of Vizhnitz for 46 years.
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hager of Kosov, nicknamed the "Ahavat Shalom", was a Hasidic rebbe and founder of the Kosov dynasty, which he led from 1802 until his death in 1825. He is well-known for his book, The Love of Peace.
