Document recording appointment of gabba'im, signed by the community leaders and the rabbi of the city R. Akiva Eger: "Akiva son of the late R. M. Güns". Märkisch Friedland (Mirosławiec), Chol HaMoed Pesach, 1795.
Manuscript leaf, written by a scribe. Protocol of the decision of the community board, listing the elected gabba'im. The document concludes: "Made here in Friedland… first day of Chol HaMoed Pesach 1795". Signed by the rabbi of the city – "Akiva son of the late R. M. Güns", and by the seven community leaders.
This is an early document, from the first years of R. Akiva Eger's tenure as rabbi.

R. Akiva Eger (1761-1837) was an eminent Torah scholar in his times. Born in Eisenstadt to R. Moshe Güns and his wife, the daughter of the first R. Akiva Eger (rabbi of Pressburg, author of Mishnat D'Rabbi Akiva). Before he reached the age of bar-mitzvah, he studied in the Breslau yeshiva under the tutelage of his uncle and teacher R. Binyamin Wolf Eger. At the age of fifteen, he already began delivering Torah lectures. After his marriage in 1778, he moved to Lissa, to the home of his father-in-law, R. Itzek Margolies. In spite of his young age, he was regarded as one of the leading scholars of the city which was a Torah center at that time.
In 1792, he was appointed rabbi of Märkisch Friedland (Mirosławiec) and established a yeshiva there. In 1815, he began his 23-year tenure as rabbi of Posen (Poznań) until his death in 1837. In Posen as well, he founded a yeshiva and taught many disciples. He was a holy person with Divine Inspiration, though supremely humble and gracious, he knew how to insist upon the honor due to the Torah and the rabbinate. He issued numerous regulations and established many public institutions. R. Akiva Eger devoted his entire life to Torah study and was known for his great proficiency and deep interpretations which became basic tenets of Torah learning until our times. He replied to the thousands of questions addressed to him from around the world and recorded many novellae. His books and novellae are key Torah texts for yeshiva students and poskim alike. R. Elazar Menachem Shach, author of Avi Ezri, writes in his approbation to the book Pote'ach She'arim – Some of the Torah Teachings of R. Akiva Eger (Jerusalem, 1985): "For us, R. Akiva Eger, his opinions and reasoning are as conclusive as one of the Rishonim…".
His works include: Responsa of R. Akiva Eger, published by his sons in his lifetime, under his instruction. After his demise, his sons continued publishing his novellae in Drush VeChiddush, and additional parts of his responsa series. They also printed Gilyon HaShas, glosses (printed in his lifetime in the Prague and Vilna editions of the Talmud), his glosses on Shulchan Aruch and Tosefot R. Akiva on the Mishna. Additional responsa and novellae from manuscripts are being printed until this day (such as the books Kushiot Atzumot, Ketav VeChotam, Michtavei R. Akiva Eger and others). His various books were reprinted in many editions, some revised and expanded.

[1] leaf. Approx. 19.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks.