Funeral services were held today at Temple Adath Israel, 201 East Broadway, for its rabbi, Gabriel Wolf Margolis, dean of the American orthodox rabbinate, who died yesterday at the age of 87 after a two years’ illness.
Orthodox leaders eulogized Rabbi Margolis as a scholar and religious leader. Burial was in the United Hebrew Community Grounds in the Montefiore Cemetery, Queens.
Rabbi Margolis is survived by his widow, Mrs. Sheima E. Margolis and eight children: Rabbi Menashe Margolis of Brooklyn, Leizer, Nehemia, Dr. Jacob Margolis, Mrs. Rachel Saland, Anna, Mrs. Neche Levine and Jean.
During the 24 years Rabbi Margolis was spiritual leader of Temple Adath Israel the membership grew to more than 10,000. Previously he had been chief rabbi of the Boston Jewish Community and rabbi of the Baldwin Place Synagogue there.
He was also president of the Assembly of Hebrew Orthodox Rabbis.
Born in Vilna, Russia, he was ordained rabbi at the relatively early age of 20. He participated in the 1899 Zionist Congress at Basle and four years later at the Krakow Congress was the Sabbath preacher.
He came to the United States just after the turn of the century and took up his residence in Boston. In 1910 Rabbi Margolis came to New York.
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