Simcha Bunim Alter

Avraham Mordechai Alter (father)
Chaya Ruda Yehudis Czarna (mother)

Jewish leaderPredecessorYisrael AlterSuccessorPinchas Menachem AlterEndedMarch 1977 – July 7, 1992Main workLev SimchaDynastyGer

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

^ 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.