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Akiva Eger

German rabbi

Died when: 75 years 338 days (911 months)
Star Sign: Scorpio

 

Akiva Eger

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.


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