Gerrer Rebbe News Today

Mishpacha writers take a trip down memory lane to share the seforim that transport and transform

For the Beis Yisroel, it didn’t matter if you were a scholar, a cab driver, or a child who knew nothing of Shabbos

Dirshu’s Amud Yomi revolution fuses past, present, and future

Orphaned of both parents at a young age, Reb Yehudah Leib Alter was raised by his grandparents, Rebbetzin Feige and Rebbe Yitzchak Meir, the first Gerrer Rebbe also known as the Chiddushei HaRim. With the untimely passing of Reb Yehuda Leib’s father, attention turned to young Yehudah Leib, in the hopes the child prodigy would […]

Rav Meir Shapiro dreamed of an institution that would change the definition of what a yeshivah could and should be... A century later, the changes he instituted are alive and thriving

Born diplomat Rabbi Marvin Hier advocates for his people

From the blog of Michael Feldstein at The Times of Israel

The humble greatness of Rebbe Chai Yitzchok Twersky of Rachmistrivka-Boro Park

Reb Yitzchak Meir Alter, the first Gerrer Rebbe, also known by the title of his writings, Chiddushei haRi’m, was a talmid of Reb Simcha Bunim of Peshischa and a brother-in-law of the Kotzker Rebbe. He took the Chasidic emphasis of avodah and turned it toward limud haTorah—coming close to Hashem through passionate study of Gemara […]

In tribute to Rabbi Moshe Sherer