Rabbi Gavriel Zev Margolis
גבריאל זאב ב"ר יחיאל יצחק
President and Founder, Knesseth HaRabonimDate of Death:
Mon. September 9, 1935 -
Elul 10 5695
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Directions to Kever: Old Montefiore Cemetery in Queens maintains computerized records and will provide a detailed location map upon request. Section: United Hebrew Community, along Carmel Avenue, between North 9 and North 10th Street (see map below)
Name Listed on Cemetery Database: MARGOLIS, GABRIEL WOLF
Biographical Notes:
Photo Caption:Rav Gavriel Zev Velvele Margolis, Photo Credit: Mitchell Morris
Photo Caption: Rav Gavriel Zev Velvele Margolis and Rav Avroham Aaron Yudelovitch , Credit: Needed
Photo Caption: Rav Avroham Aaron Yudelovitch and Rav Gavriel Zev Velvele Margolis , Credit: Library Of Congress
Photo Caption: Rav Gavriel Zev Velvele Margolis , Credit: Jewish Forward, February, 1930
Photo Caption: Rav Gavriel Zev Velvele Margolis , Credit: Jewish Forward
Photo Caption: Advertisement announcing the annual membership meeting of the Knesseth HaRabonim, Credit: The Jewish Morning Journal, January 23, 1913
Photo Caption: The passing of Rav Gavriel Zev Velvele Margolis, Credit: Brooklyn Eagle, September 9, 1935
Photo Caption: Father-in-law of Rav Gavriel Zev Velvele Margolis and the rebbe of the Chofetz Chaim, Rav Nachum Kaplan, or as he was commonly known Rebbe Nachumke of Horodnad. It is It is reported that the Chofetz Chaim had a picture of Rebbe Nachumke hanging in his house.
Photo Caption: Title page, Agudath Eizov, Credit: IFJCAH
Bio Information:
Rav Velvel as he was commonly know was married the daughter of Rav Nachum Kaplan d. 1880 (or 1879), the famed Rebbe of the Chofetz Chaim. After moving to the United States in 1907, the Rav was appointed as the Chief Rabbi of Boston, MA where he established the Knesseth HaRabonim HaOrthdoksim d’America v’Canada, prior to moving to New York City in 1911.
Photo Caption: Kever of Rebbetzin Shaina Lea Margolis, at the Acacia Cemetery along Pitkin Avenue in Queens, Credit: David Wieder
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Mr Y D Miller. bsd
Thank You for the reprint from NYT.
The confusion of which Reb Margolies came to Boston when is now orderly. I think.
I wanted to find information of these two rabbis and in connection with the immigration of Abraham, Rose and her three sisters.
My grandfather came in 1888 and then went to work as a cobbler with his cousin David Goldstein. The shoppe was in Union Sq. Somerville. I am researching to unlock where these people were during those times. I cant find David after 1905 in the Cambridge Historical |Commision. I am saying that I cant find his grave site. You see the name on my grandfathers kevar marker. It says Yehudah Leib.
Supposedly he came with his third wife, my grandfathers mother and Abraham’s sister. I cant find them, either. The name Kyett comes along with Morris Kyett who was on the board at Beth Israel Synagogue with Abraham. I cant find Morris Kyett grave site either.
I am writing to R Yosef Sheinin to have copy of Hagaddah.
My |Cousin Marge Barkin Searl writes a lovely paragraph.
supposedly the ‘RAMAZ’ came to Boston Northend in 1888 opening the Salem St Shul.
supposedly my grandfather came at the same time on a ship from Hamburg. My grandfather was from Riga Area of Latvia. I have searched information of this era to no results. Also,……………..I have searched a link as to where the grandfather settled upon his arrival. There were cousins in the Westend, on the Charles River leading to Cambridge.
My zaydie was Nyman Margolis, whose father was Eliezer Gershon son of Gavriel Wolf Margolis. I have done a family tree via Ancestry.com. If anyone is interested contact me.
Hi Irvin
As a granddaughter of Rivka Meyte Sheinin that her mother was Ita Leah Goldberg, also daughter of Rabi Velvale Margolis, I will be happy to get your family tree. I’m sure my father will be happy to see it.
You can get my E-MAIL through webmaster.
Irvin – I am the granddaughter of Rachel Margolis Saland who was also the daughter of Rav Velvale Margolis. I would also like to get the family tree. I guess you can get my email the same way
The web master does not seem to be able to get me email addresses. I can put up mine here if you would like and I can try to contact you that way.
Irvin- I see that there is no other option, so yo can send directly to my e-mail:
slctoys@gmai.com
thanks!
hi Leah. I am checking in, on line. I have kept research of the Baldwin St shuls: Beth Israel, Cambridge. This reason is I am building a biography of grandparents. My grandfather Abraham Reuben Hyde founded Beth Israel and before I think he founded Anshei Sphared of Somerville. Before that I assume(sorry one shouldn’t ever)he landed on Baldwin Place. This was 1888. Dont think of the names because I have found nothing so far. He was A R ben Yehuda Leib (unknown). His mother was Sarah Sherman.
Along comes his sister around 1905 (so far it seems alone) 25 years old alone from Riga, Latvia.
doesn’t sound common sense. I am going to walk the everett and woburn cemeteries one day soon.
Mirium Eather is buried near her brother with her husband in separate place in Beth El Baker Street. I would like to have some coaching to locate the world of Baldwin Place with these people. My grandma had three sisters (is where I am going next) or I am going to Riga, Latvia municipality.
It’s fitting to mention here that Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua (aka Josh) Hoffman was נפטר on ערב שבת. He wrote the definitive work on the life of Rav Velvel and posted some comments that can be seen above.
He was a very special and unique individual and a longtime תלמיד מובהק of Rav Ahron Soloveichik zt”l in both Chicago and New York.
His levaya took place at RIETS on Friday. Links to audio and video are here:
http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/877830/rabbi-yosef-blau-rabbi-yitzchok-cohen-rabbi-meir-goldwicht-rabbi-david-horwitz-rabbi-aharon-kahn-rabbi-hershel-reichman-rabbi-baruch-simon-rabbi-yitzchak-lichtenstein/levaya-of-rabbi-joshua-hoffman/
https://twitter.com/YeshivaLink
I believe his קבורה took place Sunday evening at הר הזיתים.
יהי זכרו ברוך
An audio for Sunday’s הספדים in ירושלים can be found here:
http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/877917/rabbi-chayim-soloveichik-rabbi-yaakov-jay-schwartz-rabbi-yisrael-meir-hefter-shais-hefter/hespedim-for-rabbi-joshua-hoffman-in-israel/
I am a great-great granddaughter of Reb Velvele. I am actually trying to find out information about his daughter, Jean Margolis. Does anyone know about her life? Thanks!
At the end of chumash bereshit :TORAT GAVRIEL”, Reb VELVEL MARGOLIS wrote about “sheer besari” (relative) Rabi Ben Zion Arie Leib Tzizling.
I’m trying to find what was the family connection between them?
I hope someone can help me.
DOES SOME ONE KNOW THE NAMES OF ALL CHILDREN OF REB NUCHEM HORADNER
A PDF for Rabbi Hoffman’s “The American Rabbinic Career of Rabbi Gavriel Zev Margolis”
(1992) is available here:
https://repository.yu.edu/bitstream/handle/20.500.12202/4899/HoffmanJoshua1992%20MA%20Revel%20Margolis.pdf
A hesped for Rav Velvel was delivered in Boston on behalf of its Chevra Shas by Rav Yoshe Ber Soloveitchik at Beis Midrash HaGadol on Crawford Street/Roxbury on Tzom Gedalia of 5696 (Monday September 30, 1935).
It also mentions that another (unnamed) rabbi from New York also delivered a hesped there.
see scan at http://tinyurl.com/2xr364fx from the Lubavitch Library
Spelling correction: the name is Margoliez