Akiva Eiger

Rabbi Akiva Eiger Akiba ben Moses Guens
Personal
Born	(1761-11-08)8 November 1761 (11 Cheshvan 5522 Anno Mundi) Pressburg - Bratislava, Royal Hungary (modern-day Slovakia)
Died	12 October 1837(1837-10-12) (aged 75) (13 Tishrei 5598 Anno Mundi) Posen, Kingdom of Prussia (modern-day Poznań, Poland)
Religion	Judaism
Children	Solomon Eger Sarah Eger
Denomination	Orthodox Judaism
Occupation	Rabbi
Buried	Poznań
Residence	Markisch Friedland, Posen

Rabbi Akiva Eiger (/eɪɡər/, also spelled Eger; Hebrew: עקיבא איגר, Yiddish: עקיבא אייגער), or Akiva Güns (1761 – 1837)^[a] 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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