Simcha Bunim Alter
Simcha Bunim Alter (Hebrew: שמחה בונים אלתר; April 6, 1898 – August 6, 1992), also known as the Lev Simcha (Hebrew: לב שמחה), after the works he authored, was the sixth Rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Ger, a position he held from 1977 until his passing. [1]
Simcha Bunim Alter | |
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| Title | Gerrer Rebbe |
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| Born | Simcha Bunim Alter April 6, 1898 |
| Died | July 7, 1992 (aged 94) |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Spouse | Yuta Hena Alter |
| Children | Chaya Ruda Yehudis Alter Rivka Feyga Alter Yaakov Aryeh Alter |
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| Jewish leader | |
| Predecessor | Yisrael Alter |
| Successor | Pinchas Menachem Alter |
| Ended | March 1977 – July 7, 1992 |
| Main work | Lev Simcha |
| Dynasty | Ger |
In 1980, he instituted Yerushalmi Yomi, the daily learning of a page of the Jerusalem Talmud, similar to the renowned Daf Yomi for the Babylonian Talmud.[2]
He died of unknown causes on July 7, 1992 (7th of Tammuz 5752), and was interred in the cave of the Gerrer Rebbes in the Mount of Olives cemetery.
Rebbes of Ger
- Yitzchak Meir Alter (1799–1866)
- Chanokh Heynekh HaKohen Levin (1798–1870)
- Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter (1847–1905)
- Avraham Mordechai Alter (1866–1948)
- Yisrael Alter (1895–1977)
- Simcha Bunim Alter (1898–1992)
- Pinchas Menachem Alter (1926–1996)
- Yaakov Aryeh Alter (b. 1939)
References
- Obituary: Rabbi Simha Bunem Alter, The Independent, (July 11, 1992).
- Holder, Meir (1986). History of the Jewish People: From Yavneh to Pumbedisa. Mesorah Publications Ltd. p. 315. ISBN 9780899064994.
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| Preceded by Yisrael Alter |
Gerrer Rebbe 1977–1992 |
Succeeded by Pinchas Menachem Alter |
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