Rabbi Yehuda Leib Eiger | |
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Title | Admor of Lublin |
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Born | 1816 |
Died | 22 Shevat, 1888 |
Religion | Judaism |
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Jewish leader | |
Successor | His student Rabbi Tzadok HaKohen of Lublin and his son Rabbi Avraham Eiger of Lublin |
Began | 1854 |
Ended | 22 Shevat 1888 |
Residence | Lublin |
Yehuda Leib Eiger (Hebrew: יהודה לייב איגר; 1816–1888) was a Polish rabbi, grandson of Rabbi Akiva Eiger and a disciple of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk and Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Leiner, the author of Mei HaShiloach. He was the founder of the Lublin Hasidic dynasty and served as its first Admor in Lublin.