Maran HaGa’on HaTzadik R. Abraham Mordechai Alter
AUCTION 43 |
Thursday, April 02nd,
2009 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 82
(CHASSIDISM)
Maran HaGa’on HaTzadik R. Abraham Mordechai Alter
Tel Aviv: Merkaz Agudath Israel of Eretz Israel June 17th, 1948
Est: $400 - $600
Abraham Mordechai Alter (1866-1948) was the spiritual leader of the Agudath Israel movement and Grand Rabbi of an estimated 100,00 chassidim in pre-war Poland. He succeeded his father R. Judah Aryeh Leib (author of Sephath Emeth) as Rebbe in 1905.
Due to Jordanian occupation, it was impossible to bury the Rebbe on the Mount of Olives, thus he was temporarily interred in the courtyard of his Yeshiva, Sephath Emeth in Jerusalem.