Shlomo Eiger

1785 CE–1852 CE · Acharonim · Lissa (Leszno)

Rabbi Shlomo Eiger (1785–1852) was a Talmudist and communal leader, the son of Rabbi Akiva Eiger, under whom he studied. Born in Lissa (Leszno), he first pursued a career in commerce in Warsaw, but lost his fortune amid the upheavals of the 1831 Polish uprising and turned to the rabbinate, serving the community of Kalisz. Following his father's death in 1837, he was appointed rabbi of Posen (Poznań) in 1839, a post he held until his own death there in 1852. A firm opponent of the emerging Reform movement, he also worked to redirect Jews from trade toward farming, petitioning King Frederick William IV in 1844 to help found an agricultural settlement in the Posen province. His Torah writings include the Talmudic glosses Gilyon Maharsha, collected responsa, letters gathered as Igros Sofrim, and Toldos Rabbeinu Akiva Eiger, a biography of his father.

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