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Yitzchak Meir Alter
TitleGerrer Rebbe
Personal
Born
Yitzchak Meir Rotenberg-Alter

1799
Magnuszew, West Galicia
Died10 March 1866(1866-03-10) (aged 66–67)
Góra Kalwaria, Congress Poland
ReligionJudaism
SpouseFeigele Lipszyc
ChildrenAvraham Mordechai
Cyna Pesia
Leah Hudes
Esther
Jewish leader
Predecessornone
SuccessorChanokh Heynekh HaKohen Levin of Aleksander
Main workChiddushei Harim
DynastyGer
Preserved part of the Jewish House of Religious Studies and Prayer at 57 Żelazna Street in Warsaw which housed the Yitzchak Meir Alter synagogue

Yitzchak Meir Rotenberg-Alter (Yiddish: יצחק מאיר אלטער, Polish: Icchak Meir Rothenberg Alter, Hebrew: יצחק מאיר אלתר) ‎ (1799 – 10 March 1866), was the first Rebbe of the Ger Hasidic dynasty, which he founded in the town of Góra Kalwaria (known as "Ger" in Yiddish), Poland. He headed the Kupath Rabbi Meir Baal Haness Kollel Polen (Poland) Varsha (Warsaw) (Hebrew קופת רמבעה"ן כולל פולין ורשה / וארשא‎). He was also known as The Chiddushei HaRim (החדושי הרי"ם‎) for his Torah writings, and was sometimes fondly called Reb Itche Meir (Yiddish) by his followers.

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