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Special and Unknown Historical Discovery about the Involvement of the Admor the Imrei Chaim of Vizhnitz in the Hachshara of the Separated Beach of Tiberius - Unknown historical discovery about the involvement of the Admor the Imrei Chaim of Vizhnitz in the Hachshara of the separated bathing beach of Tiberius and about him donating the significant amount of a thousand Lirot for the matter! Letter of confirmation from Adar II 1962 and signed by the leading disciples of Maran the Chazon Ish and Maran the Griz of Brisk about receiving a donation from the Admor the Imrei Chaim of Vizhnitz of a thousand Lirot to buy a bathing beach in Tiberius for separated swimming on the way to the tomd of Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes: ”סך אלף ל”י [לירות ישראליות] למען קנות חוף הרחצה בטבריא למען ביטול הרחצה שלא יהי' שם תערובות ח”ו על דרך קברו של ר' מאיר [בעל] הנס זיע”א”. Signed by Rabbi Chaim (apparently Rabbi Chaim Solomon who was close to Maran the Rav of Brisk and the son of the Rav of Charkov, Rabbi Avraham Yisrael Moshe Solomon), Rabbi Gedalya Nadal, Rabbi Raphael Halevi Soloveitchik - the son of the Brisker Rov, Rabbi Eli...? and Rabbi Hillel Schlesinger. On the margins of the letter, Rabbeinu the Imrei Chaim handwrote his confirmation: ”אמת הכתוב לעיל השי”ת ירחם עלינו” and his signature. The Admor Rabbi Chaim Meir Hager (1888-1972), the son of the Admor Rabbi Yisrael the Ahavat Yisrael of Vizhnitz, and son-in-law of the Admor Rabbi Zeev of Rachmastrivka. He received his Semicha from the Maharsham of Berezhany, was Rav in Vilchovitz (Romania) until the Holocaust, and after it, re-established the Chassidut in Israel, founded Kiryat Vizhnitz, and Vizhnitz institutions in Bnei Brak. He was a member of the Mo'etzet Gedolei HaTorah and a prominent leader of the Chareidi community in Israel.