Simcha Bunim Alter
Simcha Bunim Alter | |
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שמחה בונים אלתר | |
| Title | Gerrer Rebbe |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Simcha Bunim Mordechai Alter 6 April 1898 |
| Died | 8 July 1992 (aged 94) |
| Buried | Mount of Olives 7 July 1992 |
| Spouse | Yuta Hena Alter |
| Children | Chaya Ruda Yehudis Alter Rivka Feyga Alter Yaakov Aryeh Alter |
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| Dynasty | Ger |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Jewish leader | |
| Predecessor | Yisrael Alter |
| Successor | Pinchas Menachem Alter |
| Ended | March 1977 – July 8, 1992 |
| Main work | Lev Simcha |
| Dynasty | Ger |
Simcha Bunim Mordechai Alter (Hebrew: שמחה בונים אלתר; 6 April 1898 – 8 July 1992), also known as the Lev Simcha (לב שמחה), after the works he authored, was the sixth Rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Ger, a position he held from 1977 until his death.