Avraham Mordechai dude
Avraham Mordechai Alter (אברהם מרדכי אלתר; born December 25, 1866 in Góra Kalwaria ; died June 3, 1948 in Jerusalem , Israel ), his acronym is Re'em ( Hebrew רְאֵ"ם). He is also known as Imrei Emes . He was the fourth Gerrer Rebbe to succeed his father Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter and is considered a well-known rabbi of Hasidism . Alter became one of the religious leaders of the Agudat Jisra'el party in Poland.
family
He was the grandson of Yitzchak Meir Alter (or Rothenberg, 1799–1866), the founder of the Ger group and known in Hebrew as the Chidushei HaRim , after his Torah work of the same title. Avraham Mordechai Alter was the fourth Gerrer Rebbe. His wife was the daughter of Noach Czarny, an important Gerrer Hasid in Biala . He had eight children with his first wife, Chaya Ruda Czarna. His eldest son, Rabbi Meir Alter (1883–1942), was a Torah scholar and entrepreneur who was murdered in Treblinka with his children and grandchildren. His second son, Rabbi Yitzchak Alter, died in Poland in 5695 (1934). In 1940 he was able to flee to Palestine with three of his sons .
After his death, his three sons continued the tradition worldwide:
- Rabbi Yisrael Alter (1895–1977, fifth Gerrer Rebbe 1948–1977);
- Rabbi Simchah Bunim Alter (1898–1992, sixth Gerrer Rebbe 1977–1992);
- and Rabbi Pinchas Menachem Alter (1926–1996, seventh Gerrer Rebbe 1992–1996).
photos
Avraham Mordechai Alter in Vienna .
Imrei Emes at a gathering of worshipers in the Hurva Synagogue , Jerusalem, in November 1942, after news of the murder of Polish Jews reached Palestine.
The Imrei Emes- Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, named after him .
Individual evidence
See also
literature
- Paweł Fijałkowski: Old Abraham Mordechaj. In: Żydzi polscy. History niezwykłe. Warsaw 2010, pp. 7–9, ISBN 978-83-7427-392-3 (Polish).
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SURNAME | Dude, Avraham Mordechai |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dude, Abraham Mordecai |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | fourth Gerrer Rebbe |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1866 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Góra Kalwaria |
DATE OF DEATH | June 3, 1948 |
Place of death | Jerusalem , Israel |