As rector of Italian Rabbinical Seminary (where he had been the Rabbi for more than three decades) Samuel Hirsch Margulies left a strong footprint on the life and culture of Italian Jews. Margulies was of Polish (East Galicia, current western Ukraine) origin. As rabbi of Florence (from 1890) he managed to become the leader of all Italian Jewry. He became the spiritual leader in all the spheres of civic life, on account of his deep Judaic knowledge, organisational abilities and personal favourite pursuits in the subjects of spirit and heart. Thanks to him the indifferent religious life of Italian Jews started to be a live artery filled with strong native Jewish traditions and culture. He initiated the centralized unification of all Jewish communities that resulted in creation of a new Collegio Rabbinico Italiano in Florence. This seminary produced an array of young Rabbis, who started the spiritual renaissance of Italian Jewry.
samuel, hirsch, margulies, this, article, includes, list, general, references, lacks, sufficient, corresponding, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, april, 2019, learn, when, remove, this, template, m. This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations April 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Samuel Hirsch Margulies 1858 March 12 1922 was an Orthodox rabbi and scholar He was born in Berezhany western Ukraine then mainly Polish speaking town with mixed Polish Ukrainian and Jewish population in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria of the Austro Hungarian Empire and studied at the Breslau Jewish Theological Seminary and at the universities of Breslau and Leipzig in Germany He was rabbi in Hamburg 1885 1887 district rabbi of Hesse Nassau Germany 1887 1890 and in 1890 was appointed chief rabbi of Florence Italy In 1899 he became principal of Italy s only rabbinical seminary the Collegio Rabbinico Italiano when it transferred from Rome to Florence Margulies was a powerful spiritual force in Italy and trained many of its religious leaders He founded and edited Rivista Israelitica the learned journal published by the Seminary His scholarly publications included an edition of Rabbi Saadiah s Arabic translation of the Psalms Samuel Hirsch MarguliesPersonalBorn1858Berezhany Austrian PolandDiedMarch 12 1922 1922 03 12 aged 63 64 Florence ItalyReligionJudaism Contents 1 Impact on Italian Jewry 2 Bibliography 3 References 4 External linksImpact on Italian Jewry EditAs rector of Italian Rabbinical Seminary where he had been the Rabbi for more than three decades Samuel Hirsch Margulies left a strong footprint on the life and culture of Italian Jews Margulies was of Polish East Galicia current western Ukraine origin As rabbi of Florence from 1890 he managed to become the leader of all Italian Jewry He became the spiritual leader in all the spheres of civic life on account of his deep Judaic knowledge organisational abilities and personal favourite pursuits in the subjects of spirit and heart Thanks to him the indifferent religious life of Italian Jews started to be a live artery filled with strong native Jewish traditions and culture He initiated the centralized unification of all Jewish communities that resulted in creation of a new Collegio Rabbinico Italiano in Florence This seminary produced an array of young Rabbis who started the spiritual renaissance of Italian Jewry One of his students rabbi Umberto Cassuto went on to teach in Italian universities and in the wake of the Italian racial laws accepted an invitation to chair the department of Biblical studies for Hebrew University of Jerusalem becoming a notable scholar of Hebrew and Ugaritic literature and Italian history 1 Bibliography EditMARGULIES Samuel Hirsch Saadi al Fajumi s arabische Psalmenubersetzung Pp iv 51 26 Breslau Druck von Grass Barth und comp 1884 References Edit Umberto Cassuto Jewish Virtual Library AICE 2008 External links EditPersonality of the Week Samuel Hirsch Margulies The Virtual Jewish History Tour Florence Tempio Maggiore The Great Synagogue of Florence at the Wayback Machine archived June 23 2008 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Samuel Hirsch Margulies amp oldid 1018844019, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
