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The Hager (Kosov) Family
Write the Great Bookהגר קוסוב
Origin of the name, history and genealogy of the Hager (Kosov) lineage — a Jewish family name and the traces it left behind.
Dynasty founded by Menachem Mendel Hager of Kosov, an indirect disciple of the Besht. From Kosov would emerge, with his grandson Menachem Mendel II, the great Vizhnitz dynasty.
Geographic origin: Kosiv, Bucovine
Memory register · custodian, not owner
A book yet to be written
The Great Book of the Hager (Kosov) lineage has not yet been written.
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Hager (Kosov) — Zakhor, https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/hager-kosovVariants of the name (3)
One name, a hundred faces.
The same surname, transcribed differently across languages, eras, and diasporas.
Latin2
HagerKosover
עברית · Hebrew1
הגר קוסוב
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Notable figures
- 1.
Menachem Mendel Hager de Kosov
Fondateur de la dynastie de Kosov
- 2.
Menachem Mendel Hager
Tzemach Tzadik · 1830-1884
In memory
The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names at Yad Vashem records the women, men, and children murdered during the Shoah. You can search there for the people who bore the name Hager (Kosov).
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Works & texts (1)
Documents published on Zakhor linked to this lineage through their keywords.
Family tree
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Notable figures of the lineage
Menahem Mendel Hager de Kosov
מנחם מנדל האגר מקוסוב1768–1825
Baruch Hager
ברוך הגר1895–1963
Chaïm Meïr Hager de Vizhnitz
חיים מאיר הגר1888–1972
Eliezer Hager
אליעזר הגר (דמשק אליעזר)1891–1946
Menachem Mendel Hager
מנחם מנדל הגר (וישווה)1885–1941
Menaḥem Mendel Hager
מנחם מנדל הגר (צמח צדיק)1830–1884
Yisroel Hager
ישראל הגר (אהבת ישראל)1860–1936
Eliezer Hager
אליעזר הגר1924–2015
Mordechai Hager
מרדכי הגר1922–2018
Moshe Hager
משה הגר1926–1999
Moshe Yehoshua Hager
משה יהושע הגר1916–2012
Shraga Feivish Hager
שרגא פייבוש הגר1958–2024
Diaspora regions
IsraëlRoumanieUkraine
The days of this book
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Bibliography
- A. Beider ; L. Menk, Dictionnaires des patronymes juifs d'Europe de l'Est (Beider : Empire russe 2008, Royaume de Pologne 1996, Galicie 2004) et judéo-allemands (Menk 2005), Avotaynu
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#bucovine#Bucovine#hassidique#kosov#vizhnitz#Vizhnitz