- Alter, Isaac Meir, of Gur
- (1799-1866)Founder of a dynasty of Hasidic rabbis in Gur near Warsaw. He published numerous halakhic works.
Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
Alter, Isaac Meir, of Gur
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