Rabbi Moshe sebulun Margolies | |
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Personal | |
Born | April 1851 Kroza, Lithuania |
Died | August 25, 1936 (85 years old) |
Religion | Judaism |
Children | Samuel, Hyman, Ida Newman, Etta Schlang |
Jewish leader | |
Predecessor | Mordecai Kaplan |
Successor | Joseph Lookstein |
Synagogue | Kehilath Jeshurun (New York) |
Began | 1906 |
Ended | 1936 |
Yahrtzeit | 7 Elul 5696 |
Semikhah | Rabbi Yomtov Lipman Heilpern |
Moses Sebulun Margolies (April 1851 – August 25, 1936) (Hebrew: משה זבולן מרגליות) was a Russian-born American Orthodox who served as senior rabbi of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun on the Upper East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. In its obituary, The New York Times described Margolies as the "dean of orthodox rabbis in North America," a "Zionist leader and Jewish educator."