Simcha Bunim Alter

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Simcha Bunim Alter
TitleGerrer Rebbe
Personal
Born
Simcha Bunim Alter

(1898-04-06)April 6, 1898
DiedJuly 7, 1992(1992-07-07) (aged 94)
ReligionJudaism
SpouseYuta Hena Alter
ChildrenChaya Ruda Yehudis Alter
Rivka Feyga Alter
Yaakov Aryeh Alter
Parents
Jewish leader
PredecessorYisrael Alter
SuccessorPinchas Menachem Alter
EndedMarch 1977 – July 7, 1992
Main workLev Simcha
DynastyGer

Simcha Bunim Alter (Hebrew: שמחה בונים אלתר; April 6, 1898 – August 6, 1992), also known as the Lev Simcha (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 death.[1]

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 on July 7, 1992 (7th of Tammuz 5752), and was interred in the cave of the Gerrer Rebbes in the Mount of Olives cemetery.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Obituary: Rabbi Simha Bunem Alter, The Independent, (July 11, 1992).
  2. ^ Holder, Meir (1986). History of the Jewish People: From Yavneh to Pumbedisa. Mesorah Publications Ltd. p. 315. ISBN 9780899064994.