Akiva Ehrenfeld

Rabbi
Akiva Ehrenfeld
Rabbi Ehrenfeld in January 2011
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Born
Akiva Ehrenfeld

1923
Mattersdorf, Austria
Died16 August 2012 (aged 88–89)
Jerusalem, Israel
ReligionJudaism
ChildrenYitzchok Yechiel
Golda
Gittel
Faiga
Miriam
Esther[1]
Parent(s)Rabbi Shmuel Ehrenfeld
Rochel Ehrenfeld
DenominationHaredi
PositionPresident
OrganisationKiryat Mattersdorf
BuriedHar HaMenuchot
ResidenceJerusalem, Israel

Akiva Ehrenfeld (Hebrew: עקיבא עהרענפעלד) (1923 – 16 August 2012) was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi who helped establish the Kiryat Mattersdorf and Unsdorf neighborhoods of northern Jerusalem.[1] He served as president of Kiryat Mattersdorf and president of the Chasan Sofer Institutions in the United States.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Harav Akiva Ehrenfeld, zt"l". Hamodia Israel News, 23 August 2012, p. A14.
  2. ^ Sever, Yechiel (23 August 2012). "NEWS: HaRav Akiva Ehrenfeld zt"l". Dei'ah VeDibur. Retrieved 4 October 2012.