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Rabbi Gavriel Zev “Rav Velvele” Margolis

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Rabbi Gavriel Zev “Rav Velvele” Margolis

Birth
Vilnius, Lithuania
Death
8 Sep 1935 (aged 87)
Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Springfield Gardens, Queens County, New York, USA
Plot
Block 84; Gate 90/S; Society: United Hebrew Community
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Born in Vilna. He received semichah at 20 years old. Rav Velvele immigrated to the United States in 1907. He settled in Boston, Massechutes serving as the Chief Rabbi and founding Knesseth HaRabonim HaOrthdoksim d'America v'Canada. He moved to New York City to Manhattan's Lower East Side in 1911 becoming Rav is Cong Ada's Yisrael for the next 24 years. He was the son-in-law of Reb Nachum'ke Kaplan of Horodna the rebbi of the Vhofetz Chaim.
Born in Vilna. He received semichah at 20 years old. Rav Velvele immigrated to the United States in 1907. He settled in Boston, Massechutes serving as the Chief Rabbi and founding Knesseth HaRabonim HaOrthdoksim d'America v'Canada. He moved to New York City to Manhattan's Lower East Side in 1911 becoming Rav is Cong Ada's Yisrael for the next 24 years. He was the son-in-law of Reb Nachum'ke Kaplan of Horodna the rebbi of the Vhofetz Chaim.

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