Rabbi Akiva Ehrenfeld | |
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Personal life | |
Born | Akiva Ehrenfeld 1923 Mattersdorf, Austria |
Died | 16 August 2012 (aged 88–89) Jerusalem, Israel |
Children | Yitzchok Yechiel Golda Gittel Faiga Miriam Esther[1] |
Parent(s) | Rabbi Shmuel Ehrenfeld Rochel Ehrenfeld |
Religious life | |
Religion | Judaism |
Denomination | Haredi |
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]