Moses S. Margolies

Rabbi
Moshe sebulun Margolies
Personal
BornApril 1851
Kroza, Lithuania
DiedAugust 25, 1936 (85 years old)
ReligionJudaism
ChildrenSamuel, Hyman, Ida Newman, Etta Schlang
Jewish leader
PredecessorMordecai Kaplan
SuccessorJoseph Lookstein
SynagogueKehilath Jeshurun (New York)
Began1906
Ended1936
Yahrtzeit7 Elul 5696
SemikhahRabbi 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."