Rabbi Baruch Hager, the Rebbe of Vishnitz, died here today after a long illness at the age of 69. Rabbi Hager arrived in Israel in 1947 and established for his followers Ramat Vishnitz, a quarter in this city on the slope of Mount Carmel. He was a member of the Council of Sages of Agudat Israel.
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