What to Know
- Rabbi Mordechai Hager, the grand rabbi and spiritual leader of the Viznitz Hasidim in Kaser-Monsey, has died at the age of 95
- He is survived by eight sons and six daughters, and has hundreds of grandchildren and thousands of great grandchildren
- Funeral services in Rockland County Friday were expected to draw thousands, and could cause traffic
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 Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan at 95 years old, the Yeshiva World reports.
He is survived by eight sons and six daughters, and has hundreds of grandchildren and thousands of great grandchildren, Yeshiva World says. His wife, Simi Mirel Hager, died in 2005 at the age of 76.
Massive crowds showed up to mourn the rabbi. Police had braced for massive traffic jams surrounding the procession, warning that it may impact traffic on the New York Thruway and the Palisades Parkway.
