Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
EGER, SOLOMON BEN AKIVA — (1786–1852), rabbi and rosh yeshivah. Born in Lissa, he was the son of R. akiva eger the younger , under whom he studied. Eger became a merchant in Warsaw, but after losing his fortune in the Polish rebellion in 1831, he accepted the rabbinate of … Encyclopedia of Judaism
EGER (Eiger), AKIVA (The Younger) BEN MOSES GUENS — EGER (Eiger), AKIVA ( The Younger ) BEN MOSES GUENS (1761–1837), German rabbi. Born in Eisenstadt, Eger went to Breslau at an early age to study under his uncle, Benjamin Wolf Eger, and Ḥayyim Jonah Teomim Fraenkel. In 1780, he went to live with… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Akiva Eger — Infobox Person name = Akiva Eger image size = 200px caption = Picture of the pious sage, leader of the diaspora, our master rabbi Akiva Eger birth date = Birth date|1761|11|8 (11 Cheshvan 5522 Anno Mundi) birth place = Eisenstadt, Hungary death… … Wikipedia
POSNER, SOLOMON ZALMAN BEN JOSEPH — (c. 1778–1863), rabbi and author. Posner studied under his father, the rabbi of Poznan (Posen), and under akiva eger , Solomon Zalman of Warsaw, and his own uncle, Zeeb Wolf Kalafri. He occupied himself mainly with commerce in the city of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
LANDAU, ISRAEL JONAH BEN JOSEPH HA-LEVI — (d. 1824), rabbi and author. Landau belonged to a well known rabbinical family. In his youth he was av bet din of Lubomil and from 1786 served in Kempen, Posen region. Among his published works are Me on ha Berakhot (Dyhrenfurth, 1816), novellae… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
FULD, AARON BEN MOSES — (1790–1847), defender of Orthodoxy and communal worker in his native Frankfurt. Fuld in his early youth met R. Phinehas ha Levy Horowitz, author of the Hafla ah, and was close to the circle of his son, Ẓevi Hirsch Horowitz. He was also a pupil of … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SOFER, ḤAYYIM BEN MORDECAI EPHRAIM FISCHEL — (1821–1886), Hungarian rabbi. An outstanding pupil of Ḥatam Sofer in Pressburg and of Meir Eisenstaedter in Ungvar, Ḥayyim was appointed head of the yeshivah at Mattersdorf in 1844. He served as rabbi of Győmrő in 1852, of Sajoszentpeter in 1859 … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BASCHKO, ZEVI HIRSCH BEN BENJAMIN — (1740–1807), rabbi and halakhist. Baschko was the last to occupy the position of rabbi (which he held from 1802. of the joint communities of Altona, Hamburg, and Wandsbek (the Three Communities ) before the union was dissolved. Born in Zamosc,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BIALEH, ẒEVI HIRSCH BEN NAPHTALI HERZ — (1670–1748), German rabbi and rosh yeshivah. Bialeh was born in Lemberg. He served as rabbi of Biała (hence his name) and then as head of a yeshivah in Lemberg. In 1718 he was appointed to Halberstadt (hence his other appellation Ẓevi Hirsch… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ETTINGER, MORDECAI ZE'EV BEN ISAAC AARON SEGAL — (1804–1863), Polish rabbinical scholar, and scion of a long line of rabbis (see ettinger family). He studied under Naphtali Hirsch Sohastov, rabbi of Lemberg, and under his own uncle, jacob ornstein . Although renowned for his great scholarship,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
