Yehuda Arye Leib ALTER 1847–1905

Yehuda Arye Leib ALTERAge: 571847–1905

Name: Yehuda Arye Leib ALTER

Given names: Yehuda (Judah) Arye Leib

Surname: ALTER

Title: 3rd Gerrer Rebbe From 1870 To 1905 (The Sfas Emes)

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Birth	15 April 1847 Warszawa, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland Source: Geni.com (The Gerrer Rebbes) Publication: World Family Tree, database, Geni (a MyHeritage company)
Marriage	Reizel HALBERSTAM - View family Source: Geni.com (The Gerrer Rebbes) Publication: World Family Tree, database, Geni (a MyHeritage company)
Marriage of a father	Avraham Mordechai ALTER - View family 1849 (Age 20 months) Poland father - Avraham Mordechai ALTER step-mother - Chava BAUMGOLD
Death of a mother	17 December 1849 (Age 2) mother - Esther LANDSTEIN
Death of a father	10 August 1855 (Age 8) Warszawa, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland father - Avraham Mordechai ALTER
Marriage	Yocheved Rivka KAMINER - View family 5 March 1862 (Age 14) Góra Kalwaria (Ger), Powiat piaseczyński, Mazovia, Poland Source: Geni.com (The Gerrer Rebbes) Publication: World Family Tree, database, Geni (a MyHeritage company)
Birth of a son #1	25 December 1865 (Age 18) Góra Kalwaria (Ger), Powiat piaseczyński, Mazovia, Poland son - Avraham Mordechai ALTER
Death of a paternal grandfather	10 March 1866 (Age 18) Góra Kalwaria (Ger), Powiat piaseczyński, Mazovia, Poland paternal grandfather - Yitzchak Meir ALTER
Birth of a son #2	13 December 1866 (Age 19) Góra Kalwaria (Ger), Powiat piaseczyński, Mazovia, Poland son - Yitzchak Meir ALTER
Birth of a son #3	27 January 1868 (Age 20) Góra Kalwaria (ger), Powiat Piaseczyński, Mazovia, Poland son - Moshe Bezalel ALTER
Death of a paternal grandmother	1869 (Age 21) Góra Kalwaria (Ger), Powiat piaseczyński, Mazovia, Poland paternal grandmother - Faiga (Feigele) LIPSZYC
Birth of a son #4	about 1871 (Age 23) Góra Kalwaria, Piaseczno County, Mazovia Voivodeship, Poland son - Chanoch Chaim ALTER
Birth of a daughter #5	8 January 1872 (Age 24) Góra Kalwaria (Ger), Powiat piaseczyński, Mazovia, Poland daughter - Fajga ALTER
Birth of a son #6	1873 (Age 25) Góra Kalwaria, Piaseczno County, Mazovia Voivodeship, Poland son - Yisrael ALTER
Birth of a son #7	August 1873 (Age 26) Góra Kalwaria, Piaseczno County, Mazovia Voivodeship, Poland son - Nechemia From ALTER
Birth of a son #8	2 October 1877 (Age 30) Góra Kalwaria, Piaseczno County, Mazovia Voivodeship, Poland son - Menachem Mendel ALTER
Death of a half-sister	12 May 1879 (Age 32) Poland half-sister - Rajzla ALTER
Birth of a son #9	1883 (Age 35) Góra Kalwaria, Piaseczno County, Mazovia Voivodeship, Poland son - Noah ALTER
Death of a son	1885 (Age 37) Góra Kalwaria, Piaseczno County, Mazovia Voivodeship, Poland son - Noah ALTER
Death of a wife	18 December 1900 (Age 53) Góra Kalwaria, Piaseczno County, Mazovia Voivodeship, Poland wife - Yocheved Rivka KAMINER
Occupation	3rd Gerrer Rebbe (The Sfas Emes) from 1870 to 11 January 1905 (Age 22) Góra Kalwaria (Ger), Powiat piaseczyński, Mazovia, Poland Source: Wikipedia Publication: the free encyclopedia Text: The title Sefat Emet , taken from the passage Sefat emet tikon la'ad, "Truthful speech abides forever" (Proverbs 12:19), was chosen by his children, who published his works, because it was the last verse on which he commented before his passing The Sfas Emes, Rebbe Yehudah Leib Alter, (1847-1905), was the 2nd Gerrer Rebbe and the grandson of the Chiddushei HaRim. (See his biography in Parshas Vayakhel.) He orphaned at the age of one year and therefore raised by his grandfather. He was a prodigy at a very young age and studied without interuption for 18 hours at a time. When he was only nineteen, his grandfather, the Chiddushei HaRim passed away and pressure was put on Reb Yehudah Leib to become the new leader. He felt unworthy however, and instead went to Alexander giving his alliegence to Rebbe Chanoch Henoch. After only four years, Rebbe Chanoch Henoch passed away, and then Reb Yehudah Leib was left with no choice but to comply with the wishes of the Chassidim to beco me the leader of Ger. Until his guidance, Ger became the largest Chassidic group in Poland. T he Sfas Emes, named after his magnum opus, was a supporter of building up the chassidic commu nity in Eretz Yisrael, and greatly supported activities to that end. His son, the Emrei Emes , escaped the Nazis, came to Eretz Yisrael and rebuilt Ger, restoring it to it's former glory . Famous Works: Sefat Emet al Hatorah: His commentary on the Torah in five volumes. His commentaries are geared towards stressing moral and ethical behavior, producing many kabalistic allusions. He wrote other books and commentaries, including his commentary on Tractate Kodashim studied by the entire spectrum of Torah scholars that show his vast knowledge of Torah and his devout dedication to Hashem and Judaism
Relationship	R' Judah Arye Leib ALTER, Sfas Emes, Admor 2nd Gerrer is your second cousin's husband's first cousin once removed's husband's great aunt's 3rd husband. Source: Geni.com (The Gerrer Rebbes) Publication: World Family Tree, database, Geni (a MyHeritage company) Citation details: 15 connections Text: Shortest in-law relationship You →Ruth ALTER COHEN your mother →Louis Mordecai ALTER her father →Harry ALTER his brother →Frances ALTER SALEM his daughter →Beverley SALEM PASTERNAK her daughter →Harvey Stephen PASTERNAK her husband →Louis PASTERNAK his father →Favel PASTERNAK his father →Chaim Yosef (Hyman) Pasternak his brother →<private> PASTERNAK HALBERSTAM his daughter →<private> HALBERSTAM her husband →Binyamin TEITELBAUM HALBERSTAM his father →Yocheved Rivka HALBERSTAM TEITELBAUM his mother →Reizel HALBERSTAM EICHENSTEIN-CHODOROV-ALTER her sister →R' Judah Arye Leib ALTER, Sfas Emes, Admor 2nd Gerrer her husband Yehuda Arye Leib ALTER
Death	11 January 1905 (Age 57) Góra Kalwaria (Ger), Powiat piaseczyński, Mazovia, Poland Source: Geni.com (The Gerrer Rebbes) Publication: World Family Tree, database, Geni (a MyHeritage company)
Reference number	G3
Last change	4 July 2021 - 17:35:35 by: Site Admin

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father	Avraham Mordechai ALTER Birth 19 February 1815 Góra Kalwaria (Ger), Powiat piaseczyński, Mazovia, Poland Reference number G10 Death 10 August 1855 (Age 40) Warszawa, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland Loading...
10 months mother	Esther LANDSTEIN Birth about 1816 Poland Reference number G49 Death 17 December 1849 (Age 33) Loading...
	Marriage: 1835 — Poland
1 year #1 elder sister	Cyna Gitla ALTER Birth 2 January 1836 Warsaw, Warszawa, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland Reference number G53 Death 1839 (Age 2) Warsaw, Warszawa, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland Loading...
21 months #2 elder brother	Izrael ALTER Birth October 1837 Warsaw, Warszawa, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland Reference number G54 Death 20 November 1837 (Age 50 days) Warsaw, Warszawa, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland Loading...
16 months #3 elder sister	Dvoira Malka ALTER Birth 4 February 1839 Warszawa, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland Reference number G55 Death 7 May 1925 (Age 86) Warszawa, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland Loading...
8 years #4 himself	Yehuda Arye Leib ALTER Birth 15 April 1847 Warszawa, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland Reference number G3 Death 11 January 1905 (Age 57) Góra Kalwaria (Ger), Powiat piaseczyński, Mazovia, Poland Loading...

Father’s family with Chava WARKA - View family

father	Avraham Mordechai ALTER Birth 19 February 1815 Góra Kalwaria (Ger), Powiat piaseczyński, Mazovia, Poland Reference number G10 Death 10 August 1855 (Age 40) Warszawa, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland Loading...
step-mother	Chava WARKA Reference number G11 Death about 1832 Loading...
	Marriage: — Poland
#1 half-sister	Pessa ALTER Birth 19 November 1832 Góra Kalwaria, Piaseczno County, Mazovia Voivodeship, Poland Reference number G50 Death Góra Kalwaria, Piaseczno County, Mazovia Voivodeship, Poland Loading...
#2 half-sister	Rajzla ALTER Birth 19 November 1832 Góra Kalwaria, Piaseczno County, Mazovia Voivodeship, Poland Reference number G51 Death 12 May 1879 (Age 46) Poland Loading...

Father’s family with Chava BAUMGOLD - View family

father	Avraham Mordechai ALTER Birth 19 February 1815 Góra Kalwaria (Ger), Powiat piaseczyński, Mazovia, Poland Reference number G10 Death 10 August 1855 (Age 40) Warszawa, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland Loading...
10 years step-mother	Chava BAUMGOLD Birth 1825 Poland Reference number G103 Death 1873 (Age 48) Biała Podlaska, Biała Podlaska, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland Loading...
	Marriage: 1849 — Poland

Family with Yocheved Rivka KAMINER - View family

himself	Yehuda Arye Leib ALTER Birth 15 April 1847 Warszawa, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland Reference number G3 Death 11 January 1905 (Age 57) Góra Kalwaria (Ger), Powiat piaseczyński, Mazovia, Poland Loading...
-15 months wife	Yocheved Rivka KAMINER Birth 1846 Gmina Chęciny, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland Reference number G12 Death 18 December 1900 (Age 54) Góra Kalwaria, Piaseczno County, Mazovia Voivodeship, Poland Loading...
	Marriage: 5 March 1862 — Góra Kalwaria (Ger), Powiat piaseczyński, Mazovia, Poland
5 years #1 son	Yitzchak Meir ALTER Birth 13 December 1866 Góra Kalwaria (Ger), Powiat piaseczyński, Mazovia, Poland Reference number G119 Death 1936 (Age 69) Warszawa, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland Loading...
-1 years #2 son	Avraham Mordechai ALTER Birth 25 December 1865 Góra Kalwaria (Ger), Powiat piaseczyński, Mazovia, Poland Reference number G4 Death 3 June 1948 (Age 82) Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel Loading...
2 years #3 son	Moshe Bezalel ALTER Birth 27 January 1868 Góra Kalwaria (ger), Powiat Piaseczyński, Mazovia, Poland Reference number G47 Death 5 September 1942 (Age 74) Treblinka, Powiat Ostrowski, Mazovia, Poland Loading...
5 years #4 son	Yisrael ALTER Birth 1873 Góra Kalwaria, Piaseczno County, Mazovia Voivodeship, Poland Reference number G123 Death Góra Kalwaria, Piaseczno County, Mazovia Voivodeship, Poland Loading...
-1 years #5 daughter	Fajga ALTER Birth 8 January 1872 Góra Kalwaria (Ger), Powiat piaseczyński, Mazovia, Poland Reference number G120 Death 9 July 1938 (Age 66) Warszawa, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland Loading...
-1 years #6 son	Chanoch Chaim ALTER Birth about 1871 Góra Kalwaria, Piaseczno County, Mazovia Voivodeship, Poland Reference number G122 Death 17 August 1941 (Age 70) Warszawa, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland Loading...
3 years #7 son	Nechemia From ALTER Birth August 1873 Góra Kalwaria, Piaseczno County, Mazovia Voivodeship, Poland Reference number G146 Death 17 August 1941 (Age 68) Warszawa, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland Loading...
4 years #8 son	Menachem Mendel ALTER Birth 2 October 1877 Góra Kalwaria, Piaseczno County, Mazovia Voivodeship, Poland Reference number G148 Death 7 August 1942 (Age 64) Treblinka, Powiat Ostrowski, Mazovia, Poland Loading...
5 years #9 son	Noah ALTER Birth 1883 Góra Kalwaria, Piaseczno County, Mazovia Voivodeship, Poland Reference number G150 Death 1885 (Age 2) Góra Kalwaria, Piaseczno County, Mazovia Voivodeship, Poland Loading...

Family with Reizel HALBERSTAM - View family

himself	Yehuda Arye Leib ALTER Birth 15 April 1847 Warszawa, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland Reference number G3 Death 11 January 1905 (Age 57) Góra Kalwaria (Ger), Powiat piaseczyński, Mazovia, Poland Loading...
11 years wife	Reizel HALBERSTAM Birth 10 September 1858 Nowy Sacz, Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland Reference number G157 Death Loading...
	Marriage: yes