Aryeh Leib Frumkin (Hebrew: אריה ליב פרומקין; 1845–1916)[1] was a rabbi, Zionist, a founder and pioneer of Petah Tikva,[2] the first moshava created in by the Jewish community.

He also was an author of halachic texts,[1] a teacher, and operator of a wine shop, L. Frumkin and Company.

He immigrated to Eretz Yisrael (Mutassarifate of Jerusalem, Syrian provinces of the Ottoman Empire at the time) before the First Aliyah in 1871.

His first act was to begin writing his History of the Sages in Jerusalem, chronicling the Jewish presence there since Nachmanides arrived in 1265.

"[4] While there he founded the settlement of Petah Tikva in which he built the first house and helped to drain the malaria-ridden swamps.