Ger (Hasidic dynasty)
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Ger is a Polish Hasidic dynasty originating from the town of Góra Kalwaria, Poland, where it was founded by Yitzchak Meir Alter, known as the "Chiddushei HaRim". Ger is a branch of Peshischa Hasidism,
Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Alter with his entourage
The graves of rabbis Yitzchak Meir Alter and Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter in Góra Kalwaria, Poland.
Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Alter in Europe
Gur Yeshiva in Har Shalom, Bnei Brak
Yaakov Aryeh Alter
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Yaakov Aryeh Alter is the eighth, and current, Rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Ger, a position he has held since 1996. He lives in Israel, and has followers there and in the United States, Europe, Aus
Ger (Hasidic dynasty)
…communities in the United States and in Europe. In 2019, some 300 families of followers led by Shaul Alter, split off from the dynasty led by his cousin Yaakov Aryeh Alter. In his early years, Yitzchak Meir Alter became a close disciple of Simcha Bunim of Peshischa, who preached the ideals of Talmudic rationalism and the…
Alter as Sandek at a bris milah