Simcha Bunim Alter (Hebrew: שמחה בונים אלתר; April 6, 1898 – July 8, 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]
Simcha Bunim Alter | |
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| Title | Gerrer Rebbe |
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| Born | Simcha Bunim Alter April 6, 1898 |
| Died | July 8, 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 8, 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 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- ^ 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.