Akiva Eiger

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Akiva Eiger was a prominent 18th–19th century Ashkenazi rabbi and Talmudic scholar, renowned for his incisive halachic responsa and commentaries that remain highly influential in Jewish law and learning.

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instanceOf Jewish religious leader
Talmudic scholar
posek
rabbi
birthDate 1761-11-08
birthName Akiva Güns NERFINISHED
birthPlace Bratislava NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Hungary NERFINISHED
Pressburg NERFINISHED
burialPlace Poznań NERFINISHED
centuryOfActivity 18th century
19th century
child Solomon Eiger NERFINISHED
countryOfActivity Germany NERFINISHED
Poland NERFINISHED
Prussia NERFINISHED
deathDate 1837-10-12
deathPlace Posen NERFINISHED
Poznań NERFINISHED
Prussia NERFINISHED
educatedAt yeshiva of Pressburg NERFINISHED
era Acharonim NERFINISHED
ethnicity Ashkenazi Jew NERFINISHED
familyName Eiger NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Halakha NERFINISHED
Jewish law NERFINISHED
Talmud NERFINISHED
givenName Akiva NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix HaGaon Rabbi Akiva Eiger NERFINISHED
Rabbeinu NERFINISHED
Rabbi
knownFor Talmudic commentaries
incisive halachic responsa
influence on later poskim
language Hebrew
Yiddish
movement Orthodox Judaism NERFINISHED
name Akiva Eiger NERFINISHED
Akiva Eiger the Younger NERFINISHED
Rabbi Akiva Eiger NERFINISHED
notableWork Chiddushei Rabbi Akiva Eiger on the Talmud NERFINISHED
Glosses on Mishnah NERFINISHED
Glosses on Shulchan Aruch NERFINISHED
Responsa of Rabbi Akiva Eiger NERFINISHED
occupation Talmudic scholar
halachic decisor
rabbi
positionHeld rabbi of Märkisch Friedland
rabbi of Posen
relative Moses Sofer NERFINISHED
religion Judaism
spouse Gitel Sofer NERFINISHED
studentOf Meshulam Igra NERFINISHED
Yechezkel Landau NERFINISHED

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