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- Gerrer rosh yeshiva. He spoke with intensity about the painful circumstances confronting avreichim and the extraordinary self-sacrifice of the Rebbe in launching this emergency campaign. “The situation is intolerable,” he said. South Florida shluchim were at hand at a reception honoring Gerrer Rosh Yeshiva Rav Shaul Alter who is visiting the area. While leaving back to Eretz Yisroel escorted by hundreds of Chassidim, the Gerrer Rosh Yeshiva Harav Shaul Alter was greeted by two Lubavitcher bochurim who presented him with historic pictures of his father, the previous Gerrer Rebbe, meeting the Rebbe. He served as Rosh Yeshivah of Sfas Emes Yeshivah from 1993 until its closing in 2016. Ger (Yiddish: גער, also Gur, adj. The Rosh yeshiva also paid a visit to the shtiebel and 19th Avenue and 50th Street. Gerrer) is a Polish Hasidic dynasty originating from the town of Góra Kalwaria, Poland, where it was founded by Yitzchak Meir Alter (1798–1866), known as the "Chiddushei HaRim". Before the Holocaust, followers of Ger were Dec 15, 2024 · The Gerrer Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Shaul Alter, and the Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Aharon Teitelbaum, both received an official invitation to visit the White House after the inauguration of Trump. It is worth noting that years earlier, on the 6th of Adar 5759, the Ponovezh Yeshiva entered a period of mourning with the passing of its rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Dovid Povarsky zt״l. Nov 4, 2021 · The Gerrer Rosh Yeshiva, Hagaon Rav Shaul Alter, is continuing his historic, whirlwind visit to the United States, visiting various rabbanim and mosdos, and meeting with numerous chasidim eager to After the death of the Kotsker Rebbe in 5619 (1859) the vast majority of his chasidim chose Rabbi Yitschok Myer Alter, the Kotsker Rebbe's brother-in-law and his closest disciple, as their new rebbe (leader). Newly surfaced photos show a visit by the Gerrer Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Shaul Alter, to the Rebbe's Library in 5763/2002. At the time Rabbi Alter lived in Warsaw and led the main Kotsker shtibl there (on ul. Because Purim fell within the thirty days of mourning, Rabbi Edelstein ruled that a learning seder should be held on Purim night in the yeshiva. The planned visit is intended to express gratitude for the Hasidic leaders’ support for the president-elect, which led to a significant rise in the number of votes he received from the haredi public in the Jun 21, 2020 · The Rosh Yeshiva's father passed away in the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic, and the Gerrer Rebbe asked his son to serve as the new Rosh Yeshiva. Zelazna). t wasn’t the first time that Gerrer Rosh Yeshivah Rav Shaul Alter visited the US and delivered his signature shiurim to top-tier yeshivos around the Tristate area. Bal Harbour shliach Rabbi Sholom Ber Lipskar spoke at a more intimate gathering. Jun 9, 2025 · The Rebbe’s son, Rav Nechemia Alter, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Gur in Ashdod, addressed the gathering. Sources say that he visited the locked areas. Shortly after acceding to the leadership of t Shaul Alter (Hebrew: שאול אלתר; born July 6, 1957) is the founder and current leader of Kehilas Pnei Menachem (an offshoot from the Ger Hasidic dynasty). Ger is a branch of Peshischa Hasidism, as Yitzchak Meir Alter was a leading disciple of Simcha Bunim of Peshischa (1765–1827). He has given Shiurim over the phone over recent months as he wasn't able to come to New York due to travel restrictions. Approximately 10,000 people joined Rav Shaul over Shabbos in Boro Park, and even more attended the packed Melavah Malkah, Motzai Shabbos. . While on a visit to Los Angeles, Rabbi Shaul Alter, who served as Rosh Yeshivah of Sfas Emes Yeshivah and the founder and current leader of Kehilas Pnei Menachem, an offshoot of the Ger dynasty, visited Yeshivas Ohr Elchonon Chabad.