Pinchas Menachem Alter

Pinchas Menachem Alter (June 9 1926 - March 7 1996), was also known as the Pnei Menachem (for the name/s of his Torah works). He was an Orthodox Judaism rabbi and the sixth rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Hasidic Judaism Ger (Hasidic dynasty) in Israel from 1992 to 1996. Ger originated in Poland (Gra Kalwaria) and is probably the single largest Hasidic group in Israel. Rabbi Pinchas Menachem Alter succeeded his half-brother Rabbi Simchah Bunim Alter to become rebbe. Rabbi Pinchas Menachem Alter was also a half-brother of the fourth rebbe of Ger Yisrael Alter and a son of the third rebbe of Ger Avraham Mordechai Alter. He continued the policies of his brothers by supporting the political work of the Agudat Israel of Israel party promoting the interests of Haredi Judaism in the Israeli Knesset (parliament). He reached a rappprochement with his non-Hasidic Ashkenazi Haredi fellow-rabbis, in particular with Rabbi Elazar Man Shach, leader of the rival Degel HaTorah party and creating the United Torah Judaism (Yahadut HaTorah) party in order not to lose residual votes in the Israeli proportional representation system and thereby obtain an extra seat or two for the newly united party in Knesset elections. Rabbi Pinchas Menachem Alter passed away in 1996 after only four years at the helm of the Ger Hasidim and was succeeded by his nephew Rabbi Yakov Aryeh Alter, son of Rabbi Simchah Bunim Alter, the fifth rebbe of Ger.

See also

Rebbes of Ger

  1. Yitzchak Meir Alter (1798(?)-1866)
  2. Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter (1847-1905)
  3. Avraham Mordechai Alter (1866-1948)
  4. Yisrael Alter (1895-1977)
  5. Simchah Bunim Alter (1898-1992)
  6. Pinchas Menachem Alter (1926-1996)
  7. Yakov Aryeh Alter (b. 1936)
Alter, Pinchas Menachem Alter, Pinchas Menachem Alter, Pinchas Menachem

 

<< PreviousWord BrowserNext >>
alicya eyo
institute of geological and nuclear sciences
hazel hawke
line 1 green (montreal metro)
jaf
kalonymus haberkasten
alabama language
chicken lady
nicholas humphrey
spanx
gilbert cannan
southwest ranches, florida
the adventures of the ten princes
hong kong police
simchah bunim alter
the arrows gate
miu sakamoto
randall tolson
list of atari lynx games
darren bennett
lilia kopylova
yechezkel landau
afri cola
rosslare strand
darren bennett (dancer)
the fall guy
list of turkish sail frigates
dick quax
harmonized system
yeojoo institute of technology
kpc
kapiti coast
golden numbers
modkore
glen roeder
candidates for the first novel
lady's island lake
jack sugden
yakov aryeh alter
council of sirmium
st. john's beacon
john j. williams (senator)
star of lakshmi
linda barker
Copyright 2005-2009 OnPedia.com. All Rights Reserved