Avraham Mordechai Alter

Avraham Mordechai Alter
Title	Gerrer Rebbe
Personal life
Born	Avraham Mordechai Alter (1865-12-25)December 25, 1865 Góra Kalwaria, Poland
Died	13 June 1948(1948-06-13) (aged 82) Jerusalem, Israel
Spouse	Chaya Ruda Czarna, Feyge Mintshe Biderman
Children	Meir Alter Yitzchak Alter Feyge Alter Esther Alter Yisrael Alter Simcha Bunim Alter, Pinchas Menachem Alter
Parents	Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter (father) Yocheved Rivka Kaminer (mother)
Religious life
Religion	Judaism
Jewish leader
Predecessor	Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter
Successor	Yisrael Alter
Began	1905
Ended	3 June 1948
Main work	Imrei Emes
Buried	Sfas Emes Yeshiva, Jerusalem
Dynasty	Ger

Avraham Mordechai Alter (Polish: Abraham Mordechaj Alter, Yiddish: Avram Mordche Alter, Hebrew: אברהם מרדכי אלתר‎; 25 December 1865 – 13 June 1948), was also known as the Imrei Emes after the works he authored. He was fourth Rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Ger. The Ger Rebbe, from 1905 until his death in 1948. A participant in the foundation of the Agudas Israel in Poland. Rebbe Alter was influential in establishing a network of Jewish schools. He led over two-hundred-thousand Hasidim (followers).