Rabbi Akiva Eiger

Biography

Rabbi Akiva Eiger was a prominent Talmudist and halachic authority who served as the rabbi of Posen. His writings include responsa (Teshuvos Rabbi Akiva Eiger), novellae (Chiddushei Rabbi Akiva Eiger), and critical glosses (Gilyon HaShas) on the Talmud and Shulchan Aruch, which became foundational texts in advanced yeshiva study. He was also known for his communal leadership, including his efforts during a cholera epidemic.

Works

• Teshuvos R' Akiva Eiger
• Chiddushei R' Akiva Eiger

Responsa

• Validity of a Get with False 'Levi' Designation on Father's Name — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Rabbi Rabbis and Beis Din of Warsaw
• Mixing Unsalted Goose Fat with Properly Salted Fat to Nullify Blood — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Rabbi Yosef Maya
• Nosein Ta'am Lifgam, Chametz Pots on Pesach, and Fish in a Meat Dish — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Rabbi Simcha Bunim Ginz (Eiger)
• Retraction of Charity Consecration Declared "From Today After Thirty Days" — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Rabbi Leib Eiger
• Priority of Kesubah vs. Creditor Claim over Movable Property — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Rabbi Meir Posner
• Talmudic Analysis of "Dilma" in the Sugya of Hotza'ah on Shabbos — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Rabbi Moshe Eiger
• Permissibility of Marital Relations with Pregnant Wife via Ubar Yerech Imo — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient
• Relocating a Cemetery Posing Public Hazard and Prohibition of Benefit from Grave Earth — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Rabbi Yaakov Lorberbaum
• Agency for Emancipating a Canaanite Slave and Ein Shaliach Lidvar Aveirah — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Rabbi Hirsch Bleichrodt
• Rov vs. Two Chazakos and Pierced Esophagus as Neveilah or Treifah — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer
• Permitting an Agunah to Remarry Based on Contradictory Witness Testimony — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Rabbi Avraham
• Chametz Found in Cholent Pot and Permissibility of Other Pots in Same Oven — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Rabbi Tuviah
• Whether Writing Counts the Omer Fulfills the Mitzvah of Sefiras HaOmer — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Rabbi Binyamin Wolf Eiger
• Kashering a Pot with Milk and the Nefulah Walking Test — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient
• Whether Food Emits Its Own Intrinsic Taste per the R"Sh — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient
• Conditional Get Fulfilled After Husband's Death — Need for Chalitzah — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient
• Women's Obligation in Tefillin via the Lav of V'Shamarta — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient
• Wife's Claim of Prior Divorce with Conflicting Witnesses and Credibility — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient
• Contradiction Between Makkos and Sanhedrin on Witness Status of Nisas — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient
• ChANA"N and Min B'Mino: When Two Times Sixty Is Required — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient
• Male Treifah's Ability to Sire Offspring and Related Talmudic Questions — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Rabbi Shmuel
• Credibility of Out-of-Court Purchase Claims by One Found in Possession — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Rabbi Yaakov
• Permissibility of Commercial Trade in Treifos and Neveilos — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Rabbi Yaakov
• Eruv Chatzeiros May Not Be Made with Water, Salt, and Oil — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Rabbi Yisrael
• Validity of Kiddushin by Silence While Both Grasping an Object — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Rabbi Zalman
• Permissibility of Grinding Wormy Wheat into Flour — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Rabbi Shlomo
• Validity of Chalitzah with Amputated Leg and Viability of Offspring — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient
• Repeating Birkas HaMazon for Omitting Ya'aleh VeYavo on Yom Tov — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Rabbi Leib
• Stipulation Required to Use Sefer Torah Parchment for Tefillin — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient
• Examination Required Before Minor May Write STaM — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient
• Using a Minor to Carry Seforim on Shabbos Without an Eruv — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient
• Status of Unmarried Woman Who Became Pregnant and Mi-de'afkera Concern — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Margolin
• Pouring Water Outdoors on Shabbos When Wind Disperses the Droplets — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient
• Aliyah LaTorah on Yom Kippur for One Who Eats Due to Illness — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient
• Whether Hagalah and Eino Ben Yomo Qualify as Genuine Matirin or Merely Bitul — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient
• Whether Writing the Omer Count Fulfills the Mitzvah of Sefiras HaOmer — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient
• Whether Writing Constitutes Speech (Kesivah K'Dibbur Dami) for Halachic Obligations — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient
• Validity of Remaining Tzuras HaPesach Poles as Lechi After Shabbos Breakage — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient
• Whether Pasei Chatzer Require Samchu Alav MiBe'od Yom — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient
• Teaching Torah to an Uncircumcised Prospective Convert — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Rabbi Yaakov
• Three-Day Salting Rule Applied to Goose Fat — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient
• Conditional Annulment of Vows and Confirmation Through an Agent — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient
• Validity of Post-Writing Sirtut for a Mezuzah — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient
• Validity of Shechitah with a Fingernail Attached to an Animal — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient
• Deducting Interest Paid to Orphan Guardians from Remaining Principal — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient
• Choleh She'ein Bo Sakanah Eating Rabbinically Prohibited Foods — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient
• Touching an Uncovered Mezuzah Parchment with Bare Hands — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient
• Dam Tohar After Immersion Requires New Seven Clean Days — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Rabbi Eliyahu
• Blood Found Due to Uterine Prolapse and Niddah Status — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient
• Bitul of Neveilah with a Konam Vow and Davar She'yesh Lo Matirin — from Rabbi Akiva Eiger to Unknown recipient