Founder of Kosov-Vizhnitz
1768 CE–1825 CE · Hasidic · Kosov (Kosiv)
R. Menachem Mendel Hager of Kosov (1768-1825) was the founder of the Kosov-Vizhnitz Hasidic dynasty, one of the largest surviving Hasidic courts. Born in Kolomea, he became a disciple of R. Mordechai of Neshchiz and R. Moshe Leib of Sassov, and established his own court in Kosov (Hutsulshchyna, then Galicia) around 1800.
His Ahavat Shalom is a substantial homiletic-mystical work that remains a central reference in the Vizhnitz tradition. His grandson R. Menachem Mendel Hager of Vizhnitz (1830-1884, the Tzemach Tzaddik) relocated the court to Vizhnitz in Bukovina, where the dynasty took the toponym it carries today. The Vizhnitz court survived World War II and rebuilt in Bnei Brak and Monsey, where it now ranks among the largest Hasidic communities globally.
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Kosov (Kosiv)קוסובWestern Ukraine (Pokuttia / Hutsulshchyna)
What they did here
Established his court in Kosov, Hutsulshchyna (Pokuttia / Western Ukraine), around 1800. Founded what would become the Vizhnitz dynasty (renamed after his grandson relocated to Vizhnitz in Bukovina). Died in Kosov 1825.
About Kosov (Kosiv)
Kosov in Pokuttia (Western Ukraine) is the birthplace of the Kosov-Vizhnitz Hasidic dynasty; R. Menachem Mendel Hager of Kosov (1768-1825) founded the court here.
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- Rabbi Shmuel Landau· 1750 CE–1834 CE
- Rabbi Moshe Mintz· 1750 CE–1831 CE
- Rabbi Mordechai Benet· 1753 CE–1829 CE
- Rabbi Elazar Fleckeles· 1754 CE–1826 CE
- Rabbi Shalom Ullmann· 1755 CE–1825 CE
- Rabbi David Deutsch· 1756 CE–1831 CE
- Moshe Teitelbaum of Ujhel· 1759 CE–1841 CE
- Yaakov Lorberbaum of Lissa· 1760 CE–1832 CE
- Meir Halevi Rotenberg· 1760 CE–1831 CE
- Barukh Frankel-Teomim· 1760 CE–1828 CE
- Naftali Tzvi Horowitz· 1760 CE–1827 CE
- Rabbi Betzalel Ronsburg· 1760 CE–1820 CE
- Akiva Eiger of Posen· 1761 CE–1837 CE
- Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margolios· 1762 CE–1828 CE
- Moses Sofer (Chatam Sofer)· 1762 CE–1839 CE
- Tzvi Hirsch Eichenstein of Zidichov· 1763 CE–1831 CE
- Simcha Bunim Bonhart of Peshischa· 1765 CE–1827 CE
- Avraham Dov Baer of Ovruch· 1765 CE–1840 CE
- Aaron HaLevi Horowitz· 1766 CE–1828 CE
- Rabbi Aharon Chorin· 1766 CE–1844 CE
- Rabbi Yisrael of Shklov· 1770 CE–1839 CE
- Rabbi Avraham Dovid Wahrman· 1770 CE–1840 CE
- Nachman of Breslov· 1772 CE–1810 CE
- Dov Baer Schneuri· 1773 CE–1827 CE
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- Charles X· 1757 CE–1836 CE
- George IV· 1762 CE–1830 CE
- Napoleon Bonaparte· 1769 CE–1821 CE
- James Monroe· 1758 CE–1831 CE
- James Madison· 1751 CE–1836 CE
- Mustafa IV· 1779 CE–1808 CE
- Cornplanter (Gaiänt'wakê)· 1750 CE–1836 CE
- Sacagawea· 1788 CE–1812 CE
- William IV· 1765 CE–1837 CE
- Alexander I· 1777 CE–1825 CE
- Osei Bonsu· 1779 CE–1824 CE
- Gia Long (Nguyễn Ánh)· 1762 CE–1820 CE
- Black Hawk (Makataimeshekiakiak)· 1767 CE–1838 CE
- Tecumseh· 1768 CE–1813 CE
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