Akiva Eiger
Rabbi Akiva Eiger (/eɪɡər/, also spelled Eger; Hebrew: עקיבא איגר, Yiddish: עקיבא אייגער), or Akiva Güns (1761 – 1837) was an outstanding Talmudic scholar, influential halakhic decisor and foremost leader of European Jewry during the early 19th century. He was also a mohel.
Rabbi Akiva Eiger Akiba ben Moses Guens | |
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| Born | 8 November 1761 (11 Cheshvan 5522 Anno Mundi) Pressburg - Bratislava, Royal Hungary (modern-day Slovakia) |
| Died | 12 October 1837 (aged 75) (13 Tishrei 5598 Anno Mundi) Posen, Kingdom of Prussia (modern-day Poznań, Poland) |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Children | Solomon Eger Sarah Eger |
| Denomination | Orthodox Judaism |
| Occupation | Rabbi |
| Buried | Poznań |
| Residence | Markisch Friedland, Posen |
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