Aryeh Leib Frumkin


Aryeh Leib Frumkin was a rabbi, Zionist, a founder and pioneer of Petah Tikva, the first moshava created in by the Jewish community. He also was an author of halachic texts, a teacher, and operator of a wine shop, L. Frumkin and Company.

Biography

Early life

Aryeh Leib Frumkin was born in Kelmė, Lithuania in 1845.

Career

He emigrated to Eretz Yisrael during the First Aliyah in 1883. While there he founded the settlement of Petah Tikva in which he built the first house and helped to drain the malaria-ridden swamps. His planting of the first tree there is emblazoned on the seal of the municipality and there is a street named after him.
He moved to London, England in 1893 after an Arab attack on Petah Tikva. In London's East End he operated a family wine shop. He later returned to Petah Tikva.

Death

He died in 1916 in Petah Tikva, where he was buried.

Legacy

He was the great-grandfather of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, the previous Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom.