Rabbi Akiva Eger or Eiger (b. "11 Cheshvan 5522", d. "13 Tishei 5598" on the Hebrew Calendar), was a Jewish Talmudic scholar and influential halakhic decisor "(posek)". While his name is commonly spelled "Eiger", his official name was "Eger"; his first name is also sometimes transliterated as "Akiba". Wikipedia
Zirke Barkiche Charlotte EGER (b. 1800, d. 1880) married R. Eliyahu LANDSBERG (1800-1879 Hanover) Chana Radisch EGER married R. Yacob LITTAUER (d. 1824 Posen). www.loebtree.com/eger.html
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