Rav Avrohom Eiger zt"l
הרב אברהם בן שלמה איגר זצ"ל
Tishrei 28 , 5763
Known As: Admor of Lublin
Father's Name: Shlomo Eiger
Relatives: Rav Shlomo Eiger of Lublin
Rav Avrohom Eiger zt"l
Rav Avrohom Eiger, the Admor of Lublin, was named after his father, the mechaber of Shevet MiYehuda, who had passed away just three months before his birth on Erev Rosh Chodesh Iyar. He joined a long line of Admorim stretching back through his grandfather, Rav Shlomo Eiger, and his great-grandfather, the great Rav Akiva Eiger, all the way to the founder of the dynasty, Rav Leibele Eiger, also known as the Toras Emes. He survived the war by escaping to Shanghai. In 1949, he moved to Eretz Yisrael, settling in Yerushalayim for a year, then setting up the Lubliner Bais Chassidim in Tel Aviv. In 1955, he moved to Bnei Brak, and in 1963, he set up his Bais Medrash in the center of Zichron Meir.