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Born in Eisenstadt (in Burgenland) and educated in Mattersdorf and Breslau, Akiva Eger was a prominent rabbinic and halakhic leader. After living in Lissa, Prussia, he served as rabbi in Märkisch…
Jacob Ries (1660–1751) of Prague first worked as a badchan (jester) for weddings. In 1710, he became court jester in Vienna under Charles VI. The artist of this portrait of Ries is not known. It…
