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Special Letter of Recommendation Signed by the Admor the Mekor Baruch - about Opening a Yeshiva in Meiron - ”Since they gather in this place... to pour out their hearts” - letter of recommendation - with the handwritten signature of the Admor Rabbi Baruch Hager of Seret-Vizhnitz author of the Mekor Baruch - addressed to his disicple, the Rav of Meiron Rabbi Meir Stern - Ramat Vizhnitz Haifa, 1962.  Warm letter of recommendation about opening a yeshiva in Meiron, the burial site of the Tana Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. The letter indicates that Rabbeinu sincerely hoped the initiative would come to pass.  In his letter, the Mekor Baruch  writes two reasons for opening a yeshiva specifically there: ”ידוע שהמקום מסוגל לגדל בנים לתורה ויר”ש, כי במקום הזה נאספים מדי שנה בשנה אלפים ורבבות לשפוך שיחם להבוי”ש בפני האי תנא קדישא, ובר מן דין המקום מאד מסוגל לחנוך הבנים על טהרת הקודש...”.  [It is well known that this place is auspicious for raising sons dedicated to Torah and theYirat Shamayim; for in this place, thousands and tens of thousands gather year after year to pour out their hearts before the Creator in the presence of this holy Tana. Furthermore, the place is highly conducive to educating children in the path of Taharat Hakodesh...]. At the end of his letter. Rabbeinu blesses the donors by merit of those buried there: ”וזכות התנאים ואמוראים ה”ק השוכנים במקום קדוש זה יעמוד לעם ולבניכם אחריכם...”. The connection of the Tzaddikim of Vizhnitz to Meiron is famed, and especially that of the sacred brothers the Mekor Baruch and the Imrei Chaim, who even travelled together to the Tziyun. [1] leaf. 28X21.5 cm. Fold lines. Restorations along the folds. traces of tape.  *** The Admor Rabbi Baruch Hager of Seret-Vizhnitz (1895-1964), the son of the Ahavat Yisrael of Vizhnitz. He was a member of Mo'etzet Gedolei HaTorah. He was known as the Mekor Baruch after his work on the Torah. He was a huge Talmid Chacham, and received his Rabbinic Semicha from leading contemporary rabbis: Rabbi Meir Arik and Rabbi Avraham Menachem Mendel Steinberg. He first married the daughter of Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach (the Maharid of Belz), and served as Rav of Poylen and Kutzman, and in 1936 he became the first Rav of Seret, Bukovina, where he established the Beit Yisrael VeTomchin DeOrayta Yeshiva and headed it, until the Jews were expelled during the Holocaust. He led the Transnistria and Dzhorin exiles taking care of the oppressed and, later, the survivors. After the war, he lived in Antwerp, and despite the pleading of its residents refused a rabbinic position there, saying the thing he most wanted was to move to Eretz Yisrael. In 1947 his wish came true, and he immigrated to Eretz Yisrael, where he settled in Haifa. Being a visionary, Rabbeinu reasoned that he wanted to make the spiritual wilderness bloom, so a few years later he established the Ramat Vizhnitz neighborhood on the Carmel. He authored several works, including a comprehensive commentary on the Choshen Mishpat, but unfortunately, most of those were lost during the Holocaust. He was buried in the burial site of his forefathers, Admorim of Vizhnitz, next to his father, the Ahavat Yisrael.