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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Well slap my ass and call me Elsie, I bet you're right. I only ever hear the word, never see it.
So is it "an" or "the"? What does it mean?
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Akiva is the name of a very famous Rabbi. According to history/tradition/legend he was a man from a very poor background who did not begin studying the Torah until much later in his life. He became a great teacher who wrote many legal (halachic?) opinions.
He was martyred when he was executed in a Roman hippodrome on Yom Kippur.
Many Jewish schools use his name as the name of the school because of his connection with learning. The school that your nephews went to was probably known as "The Akiva School" of X city that is (I would think) simply called Akiva.
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