Akiva Librecht (1876–March 3, 1958) was a founding member of Petah Tikva

Petah Tikva

Petah Tikva known as Em HaMoshavot , is a city in the Center District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv.According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2009, the city's population stood at 209,600. The population density is approximately...

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, and a member of its first council, which he headed in 1912–13. He was also a member of the Kfar Sava council.

Librecht was born in 1876 in Jerusalem, then in the Ottoman Empire . His father made Aliyah

Aliyah

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 in the 1840s, and was one of the builders of the new Jewish neighborhoods of Jerusalem outside the Old City's walls. Akiva Librecht received a religious education, and also studied in Germany and Austria.

Librecht managed the winery in Petah Tikva, and built the first modern artificial beehive

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Land of Israel

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He was married to Shoshana Levit Gotlieb, with two children, David and Leah.