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Avraham Mordechai Alter

Gerrer Rebbe

Died when: 81 years 161 days (977 months)
Star Sign: Capricorn

 

Avraham Mordechai Alter

Avraham Mordechai Alter (Polish: Abraham Mordekhaj Alter, Hebrew: ????? ????? ?????; 25 December 1865 – 3 June 1948), also known as the Imrei Emes after the works he authored, was the fourth Rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Ger, a position he held from 1905 until his death in 1948.

He was one of the founders of the Agudas Israel in Poland and was influential in establishing a network of Jewish schools there.

It is claimed that at one stage he led over 200,000 Hasidim.

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