Imrei Emes

1866 CE–1948 CE · Acharonim · Jerusalem

Known as the Imrei Emes, the third Gerrer Rebbe. Led the largest Chassidic movement in pre-war Poland. Narrowly escaped the Holocaust and rebuilt the Gerrer community in Israel.

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Ger (Gora Kalwaria)Congress Poland

What they did here

Succeeded his father Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter as the third (or fourth) Rebbe of the Ger Hasidic dynasty, serving as spiritual leader from 1905 until escaping in 1940; founded Agudas Israel in Poland and established a network of Jewish schools.

About Ger (Gora Kalwaria)

Seat of the Ger Hasidic dynasty; home of the Chiddushei HaRim and Sefat Emet.

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