Pinchas Menachem Alter
Pinchas Menachem Alter פינחס מנחם אלתר | |
|---|---|
| Title | Gerrer Rebbe |
| Personal life | |
| Born | June 9, 1926 |
| Died | March 7, 1996 (aged 69) |
| Spouse | Tzipora Alter |
| Children | Esther Lipl Moshe Betzalel Alter Shaul Alter Yehuda Aryeh Leyb Alter Yitzchak Dovid Alter Yaakov Meir Alter Daniel Chaim Alter |
| Parent(s) | Avraham Mordechai Alter Feyge Mintshe Biderman |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Jewish leader | |
| Predecessor | Simcha Bunim Alter |
| Successor | Yaakov Aryeh Alter |
| Began | 7 July 1992 |
| Ended | 7 March 1996 |
| Buried | 7 March 1996 Sfas Emes Yeshiva, Jerusalem |
| Dynasty | Ger |
Pinchas Menachem Alter (Hebrew: פינחס מנחם אלתר; July 3, 1926 – March 7, 1996), also known as the Pnei Menachem (פני מנחם), after the works he authored, was the seventh rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Ger, a position he held from 1992 until his death in 1996. From 1956 until he was appointed rebbe, he was a Rosh Yeshiva (dean of a yeshiva). He also served as a member and the president of the Torah Scholars Council and as the chairman of the Agudat Yisrael political party.