The Mekor Baruch
2 Cheshvan 5724
The Rebbe Rav Boruch Hager was born to his father, Rav Yisrael of Vizhnitz, the Ahavas Yisrael, in 5655. He received his chinuch from his father, and already at a young age was known to be an illuy, and received semichah for hora’ah.
In 5683, before he reached the age of 30, he was chosen to serve as the Rav of Ruszpolyána, a town in the Marmarosh district. After three and a half years, he was invited to serve as the Rav of Cotmani, in Bukovina, where he served for nine years and elevated the community significantly. From there, he was invited to serve as Rav of the town of Seret, where he remained until the sun set on Romanian Jewry during the Holocaust. Around the time of his appointment to Seret, his father passed away. Many began to flock to him and he opened his court in Seret, and even established a yeshivah called Bais Yisrael Vetomchin d’Oraisa.
After the war years, which he spent in Romania, the Mekor Boruch came to Eretz Yisrael and settled in Haifa, where he established the Ramat Vizhnitz neighborhood and numerous institutions.
On Sunday 2 Cheshvan 5724, he passed away and was laid to rest in the ohel of his father, the Ahavas Yisrael, in Zichron Meir in Bnei Brak. After his passing, his divrei Torah were compiled into sefer Mekor Boruch.
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