page_title: Vizhnitz (Hasidic dynasty)
section_title: Mordechai Hager
hierarchical_section_title: Vizhnitz (Hasidic dynasty) / History of dynastic leadership / Mordechai Hager
caption_attribution_description: English: The Great Synagogue of Vizhnitz Beit Shemesh
context_page_description: Vizhnitz is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hager. Vizhnitz is the Yiddish name of Vyzhnytsia, a town in present-day Ukraine.
  Followers of the rebbes of Vizhnitz are called Vizhnitzer Hasidim.
context_section_description: Rabbi Mordechai Hager zt"l, born in 1922, was the  Vizhnitzer Rebbe until his passing in 2018. Following the death of his father Rabbi Chaim Meir Hager of Bnei Brak, Israel, tens of thousands of  Vizhnitz hasidim followed him. At the time of his passing, he was the oldest hasidic rabbi in the world. He was known for his devotion to learning Torah: he studied 18 hours a day and asked his Chasidim to study at least two hours every day. He had about 30,000 followers internationally. 
  Rabbi Mordechai died on March 16, 2018 (29 Adar 5778), at Mount Sinai Hospital. The funeral was held with the attendance of 100,000 mourners. He was buried in the Vishnitzer Cemetery in Monsey, New York.              
  Rabbi Mordechai bore 14 children, 8 sons and 6 daughters. His sons and grandson serve as leaders of his followers  in the United States and internationally: Rabbi Yisroel   in Monsey, New York; Rabbi Mendel   in Kiamesha Lake, New York; and Rabbi Yitzchok Yochonon    in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The other sons serve internationally: Rabbi Eliezer in Jerusalem, Israel; Rabbi Dovid in London;  Rabbi Aharon  for all of Canada headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; his youngest son,  Rabbi Buroch Shamshon, in Beit Shemesh, Israel; and his grandson Rabbi Yakov Yosef, son of eldest son Rabbi Pinchus Shulem, in Boro Park, Brooklyn.
caption: The Great Synagogue of Vizhnitz Beit Shemesh, with a new Holy Ark
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