Akiba Lehren

Akiba Mozes Lehren (July 30, 1795 in The Hague – November 19, 1876 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch banker and communal worker, younger brother of Ẓebi Hirsch Lehren and Jacob Meïr Lehren.

He was president of the organization Pekidim and Amarcalim of Amsterdam, and in 1844 became involved in the literary dispute of his brother Hirsch concerning the administration of the Ḥaluḳḳah (see Fürst in Der Orient, 1844, p. 17). He died in Amsterdam November 19, 1876.

Both Akiba and his brother Meïr possessed very rich and valuable collections of Hebrew books, a sale catalogue of which was arranged and published by J. L. Joachimsthal, Amsterdam, 1899 (comp. Zeit. für Hebr. Bibl. 1899, p. 152). Akiba published a very poor edition of Isaac ben Moses' Or Zarua', parts i. and ii., according to an Amsterdam manuscript, Jitomir, 1862 (Steinschneider, Zeit. für Hebr. Bibl. viii. 1 et seq.).

Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography

• Allg. Zeit. des Jud. 1876, p. 809;
• Ha-Maggid, 1876, p. 412;
• Univ. Isr. 1876, p. 217.

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Lehren". Jewish Encyclopedia. 1901–1906.
• Genealogical page