Rebbe Mordechai Hager, spiritual leader of the Viznitz Hasidim in Monsey, died today at the age of 95. Hager led a group of about 5,000 Orthodox Jews, but his impact was felt beyond the confines of ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Rabbi Mordechai Hager, the grand rabbi and spiritual leader of the Viznitz Hasidim in Kaser-Monsey, died Friday at Manhattan's Mount Sinai Hospital. He was 95 years old. Hager ...

He was largely unknown in Rockland's secular circles, but Rebbe Mordechai Hager was a giant in the Hasidic community, as evidenced by the tens of thousands who gathered for his funeral in Kaser on ...

The funeral of Vizhnitz Rabbi Mordechai Hager in the village of Kaser in New York on March 16, 2018. The Admor of Vizhnitz-Monsey, Ha-Rav Ha-Gaon Mordechai Hager ztz”l, known as Reb Motle, ascended on ...

A leader of the Chassidic world, Rabbi Mordechai Hager zt’l, the Vizhnitzer Rebbe of Monsey, passed away Friday morning at Mount Sinai Medical Center with his children at his bedside. The Rebbe zt’l, ...

A famed Rockland County rabbi has died, and throngs of faithful attended his funeral Friday. Rabbi Mordechai Hager, the grand rabbi and spiritual leader of the Viznitz Hasidim in Kaser-Monsey, died at ...

Late last night, the Rebbe appeared in one of my dreams. Yes, the Moshiach. Yes, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Yes, the rabbi that escaped from Hitler’s hands to end up living in New York. Yes, ...

The Viznitz Hasidic community's plans to incorporate an almost 1.5-square-mile village in the Catskills has cleared its first hurdle and may be headed to a referendum. The supervisors of two Sullivan ...