Rabbi Akiva Eger (also spelled as Akiva Eiger), or Akiva Güns, Yiddish: עקיבא אייגער, (Eisenstadt, 1761 – Poznań, 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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8 November 1761 Eisenstadt, Hungary
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Died |
12 October 1837 (aged 75)
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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