Akiva Eger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Akiva Eger

German rabbi

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1761

Place of Birth: Eisenstadt, Burgenland, Austria

Date of Death: 12-Oct-1837

Profession: rabbi

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Rabbi Akiva Eger (also spelled as Akiva Eiger), or Akiva Güns, Yiddish: ????? ???????, (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.