Bidspirit auction | Pa’aneach Raza – Tarnopol, 1813

Pa’aneach Raza – Tarnopol, 1813 – Copy of the Admor Rabbi Yisrael Hager of Rădăuți - Sefer Pa’aneach Raza, allusions, secrets and commentaries on the Torah, by Rabbi Yitzchak son of Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi. Tarnopol, 1813. Printed by Yaakov Auerbach and Nachman Pineles. A distinguished copy that belonged to the Admor Rabbi Yisrael Hager of Rădăuți, son and successor of the holy Rabbi Moshe Hager of Rădăuți. The book bears Rabbi Yisrael Hager’s ownership stamp. The volume also contains ownership inscriptions in Hebrew and Latin characters belonging to Rabbi Anshel son of Rabbi Kehat Harnik of Czernowitz. The Admor Rabbi Yisrael Hager of Rădăuți [1876–1940], son of the holy Rabbi Moshe of Rădăuți, succeeded his father and served as Admor in Rădăuți. In 1913, he immigrated to the United States and settled in New York, where he established a beit midrash in Manhattan, on the famous Wall Street. In the United States, he worked to strengthen Torah life and religious observance, established the Torat Chaim Yeshiva, and encouraged American Jews to uphold traditional Jewish practice. He maintained close ties with Eretz Israel: in 1919, he established an orphanage in Safed and provided financial support for its operation. He also assisted his relative, Rabbi Yisrael Hager of Vizhnitz, in raising funds for the Jewish residents of Eretz Israel. See: Encyclopedia of Chassidut, Vol. II, p. 541. [2], 142 leaves. 17.2 cm. Overall good condition. Title page detached. Some stains. Original leather binding damaged; front board detached.