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{{Infobox Rebbe
| title = Gerrer Rebbe
| image =[[Image:Gerer Rebbe at Hurva.jpg|250px]]
| caption =''The Gerrer Rebbe at a prayer gathering in the [[Hurva Synagogue]] in November 1942.''
| term = [[1905]] – [[3 June]], [[1948]]
| full name =Avrohom Mordka Alter
| main work = Imrei Emeth
| predecessor =[[Yehuda Arye Leib Alter]]
| successor =[[Yisroel Alter]]
| spouse1 =Chaya Ruda Czarna
| issue1 =
| spouse2 =Feyge Muntshe Biderman
| issue2 =[[Pinchas Menachem Alter]].
| spouse3 =
| issue3 =
| dynastyname = Ger
| father = Yehuda Arye Leib Alter
| mother =Yocheved Rivka Kaminer
| date of birth =25 December, 1866
| place of birth =[[Gora Kalwaria|Ger]]
| date of death =3 June, 1948
| place of death =[[Jerusalem]]
| date of burial =June, 1948
| place of burial =Sfath Emeth Yeshiva, Jerusalem
|}}
[[Image:Imrei Emes.jpg|right|thumb|Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Alter in Europe]]
'''Avraham Mordechai Alter''' ([[December 25]] [[1866]] - [[June 3]] [[1948]]) who was also known by the title of his [[Torah]] book's as the ''Imrei Emes'' was an [[Orthodox Judaism]] [[rabbi]] who was the [[rebbe]] and spiritual leader of the [[Ger (Hasidic dynasty)]] of [[Hasidic Judaism]] in [[Poland]] from the town of [[Góra Kalwaria]] (known as "Ger" in [[Yiddish]]). He succeeded his father Rabbi [[Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter]] as the third rebbe of the Ger Hasidic dynasty, and was the Gerrer Rebbe from [[1905]] to [[1948]]. He was known throughout Poland. He was influential in establishing the [[World Agudath Israel|Agudas Israel]] movement in Poland, and promoted the setting up of Talmud Torah schools to educate the youth in traditional Judaism. During his greatest years, it is claimed he led over 200,000 Ger Hasidim.
== Family ==
He had eight children by his first wife, Chaya Ruda Czarna, daughter of a prominent Gerrer chosid in [[Biała Podlaska|Biala]]. His eldest son, Rabbi Myer Alter, who was a Torah scholar and businessman, perished in [[Treblinka]] during [[the Holocaust]] with his children and grandchildren. His second son, Rabbi Yitzchak Alter, died in 5695 (1934) in Poland.
In 1922 his wife Chaya Ruda died. Some time later he married his niece Feyge Muntshe Biderman, who bore him his youngest child, [[Pinchas Menachem Alter|Pinchos Menachem]], in 1926.
In 1924 Rabbi Avrohom Mordechai visited the [[Land of Israel]] together with his brother in-law, Rabbi Hirsh Heynekh Lewin, his son-in-law Rabbi Yitschok Myer Alter and the [[Kotsk (Hasidic dynasty)|Sokolover Rebbe]], Rabbi Yitschok Zelig Morgensztern. Over a six-week period they visited [[Jerusalem]], [[Safed|Tsfat]], [[Hebron|Chevron]], [[Tiberias|Tverya]] and [[Tel Aviv]].<ref>Yitschak Alfasi, בית גור ''The House of Ger'', vol 2, p 55</ref>
== World War II ==
During [[World War II]] Rabbi Avrohom Mordechai was a prime target of the [[Nazi]] authorities in Poland.
He managed to escape to the [[British Mandate of Palestine|Palestine]] in [[1940]] with several of his sons and began to slowly rebuild his Hasidic dynasty. With the outbreak of the [[1948 Arab-Israeli War]] he was trapped in [[Jerusalem]] and died of natural causes during the siege of the city by the [[Jordan]]ian [[Arab Legion]]. He was buried there, in the grounds of the ''Sfath Emeth'' yeshiva.
After his death the dynasty continued with his three remaining sons, who became the consecutive next three heads of the Gerrer chasidim worldwide: Rabbi [[Yisrael Alter]] (fourth rebbe of Ger); Rabbi [[Simchah Bunim Alter]] (fifth rebbe of Ger); and Rabbi [[Pinchas Menachem Alter]] (sixth rebbe of Ger).
==See also==
*[[Hasidic Judaism]]
*[[Ger (Hasidic dynasty)]]
*[[Rebbe]]
==Rebbes of Ger==
#[[Yitzchak Meir Alter]] ([[1798]]-[[1866]])
#[[Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter]] ([[1847]]-[[1905]])
#Avraham Mordechai Alter ([[1866]]-[[1948]])
#[[Yisrael Alter]] ([[1895]]-[[1977]])
#[[Simchah Bunim Alter]] ([[1898]]-[[1992]])
#[[Pinchas Menachem Alter]] ([[1926]]-[[1996]])
#[[Yaakov Aryeh Alter]] (b. [[1939]])
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT: Alter, Avraham Mordechai}}
[[Category:1866 births]]
[[Category:1948 deaths]]
[[Category:Rebbes of Ger]]
[[Category:Polish rabbis]]
[[he:אברהם מרדכי אלתר]]
[[yi:אברהם מרדכי אלתר]]
| title = Gerrer Rebbe
| image =[[Image:Gerer Rebbe at Hurva.jpg|250px]]
| caption =''The Gerrer Rebbe at a prayer gathering in the [[Hurva Synagogue]] in November 1942.''
| term = [[1905]] – [[3 June]], [[1948]]
| full name =Avrohom Mordka Alter
| main work = Imrei Emeth
| predecessor =[[Yehuda Arye Leib Alter]]
| successor =[[Yisroel Alter]]
| spouse1 =Chaya Ruda Czarna
| issue1 =
| spouse2 =Feyge Muntshe Biderman
| issue2 =[[Pinchas Menachem Alter]].
| spouse3 =
| issue3 =
| dynastyname = Ger
| father = Yehuda Arye Leib Alter
| mother =Yocheved Rivka Kaminer
| date of birth =25 December, 1866
| place of birth =[[Gora Kalwaria|Ger]]
| date of death =3 June, 1948
| place of death =[[Jerusalem]]
| date of burial =June, 1948
| place of burial =Sfath Emeth Yeshiva, Jerusalem
|}}
[[Image:Imrei Emes.jpg|right|thumb|Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Alter in Europe]]
'''Avraham Mordechai Alter''' ([[December 25]] [[1866]] - [[June 3]] [[1948]]) who was also known by the title of his [[Torah]] book's as the ''Imrei Emes'' was an [[Orthodox Judaism]] [[rabbi]] who was the [[rebbe]] and spiritual leader of the [[Ger (Hasidic dynasty)]] of [[Hasidic Judaism]] in [[Poland]] from the town of [[Góra Kalwaria]] (known as "Ger" in [[Yiddish]]). He succeeded his father Rabbi [[Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter]] as the third rebbe of the Ger Hasidic dynasty, and was the Gerrer Rebbe from [[1905]] to [[1948]]. He was known throughout Poland. He was influential in establishing the [[World Agudath Israel|Agudas Israel]] movement in Poland, and promoted the setting up of Talmud Torah schools to educate the youth in traditional Judaism. During his greatest years, it is claimed he led over 200,000 Ger Hasidim.
== Family ==
He had eight children by his first wife, Chaya Ruda Czarna, daughter of a prominent Gerrer chosid in [[Biała Podlaska|Biala]]. His eldest son, Rabbi Myer Alter, who was a Torah scholar and businessman, perished in [[Treblinka]] during [[the Holocaust]] with his children and grandchildren. His second son, Rabbi Yitzchak Alter, died in 5695 (1934) in Poland.
In 1922 his wife Chaya Ruda died. Some time later he married his niece Feyge Muntshe Biderman, who bore him his youngest child, [[Pinchas Menachem Alter|Pinchos Menachem]], in 1926.
In 1924 Rabbi Avrohom Mordechai visited the [[Land of Israel]] together with his brother in-law, Rabbi Hirsh Heynekh Lewin, his son-in-law Rabbi Yitschok Myer Alter and the [[Kotsk (Hasidic dynasty)|Sokolover Rebbe]], Rabbi Yitschok Zelig Morgensztern. Over a six-week period they visited [[Jerusalem]], [[Safed|Tsfat]], [[Hebron|Chevron]], [[Tiberias|Tverya]] and [[Tel Aviv]].<ref>Yitschak Alfasi, בית גור ''The House of Ger'', vol 2, p 55</ref>
== World War II ==
During [[World War II]] Rabbi Avrohom Mordechai was a prime target of the [[Nazi]] authorities in Poland.
He managed to escape to the [[British Mandate of Palestine|Palestine]] in [[1940]] with several of his sons and began to slowly rebuild his Hasidic dynasty. With the outbreak of the [[1948 Arab-Israeli War]] he was trapped in [[Jerusalem]] and died of natural causes during the siege of the city by the [[Jordan]]ian [[Arab Legion]]. He was buried there, in the grounds of the ''Sfath Emeth'' yeshiva.
After his death the dynasty continued with his three remaining sons, who became the consecutive next three heads of the Gerrer chasidim worldwide: Rabbi [[Yisrael Alter]] (fourth rebbe of Ger); Rabbi [[Simchah Bunim Alter]] (fifth rebbe of Ger); and Rabbi [[Pinchas Menachem Alter]] (sixth rebbe of Ger).
==See also==
*[[Hasidic Judaism]]
*[[Ger (Hasidic dynasty)]]
*[[Rebbe]]
==Rebbes of Ger==
#[[Yitzchak Meir Alter]] ([[1798]]-[[1866]])
#[[Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter]] ([[1847]]-[[1905]])
#Avraham Mordechai Alter ([[1866]]-[[1948]])
#[[Yisrael Alter]] ([[1895]]-[[1977]])
#[[Simchah Bunim Alter]] ([[1898]]-[[1992]])
#[[Pinchas Menachem Alter]] ([[1926]]-[[1996]])
#[[Yaakov Aryeh Alter]] (b. [[1939]])
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT: Alter, Avraham Mordechai}}
[[Category:1866 births]]
[[Category:1948 deaths]]
[[Category:Rebbes of Ger]]
[[Category:Polish rabbis]]
[[he:אברהם מרדכי אלתר]]
[[yi:אברהם מרדכי אלתר]]
