Ephraim Zalman Margolioth
Ephraim Zalman Margulies (sometimes transcribed as Margolis) (19 December 1762 – 24 August 1828) (
Galician rabbi born in Brody, brother of Chaim Mordechai Margulies
.
Biography
He received his
yeshivah of which he was the head
; several of his pupils became eminent rabbis.
Works
Margolis was considered a high rabbinical authority. He published the following works:
- Bet Efrayim (2 vols., Lemberg, 1809–10), commentary on parts of the Shulchan Arukh, Yoreh De'ah
- Oration at the funeral of Rabbi Meir Kristianopoler (ib. 1815)
- Bet Efrayim (4 parts, ib. 1818), responsa on the four parts of the Shulchan 'Arukh
- Yad Efrayim (Dubno, 1820), commentaries on Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim
- Sha'are Efrayim (ib. 1820), on the rules pertaining to the reading of the Law
- Yad Efrayim (Zolkiev, 1823), extensive commentaries on the names of men and of women to be employed in letters of divorce
- Shem Efrayim (Berdychev, 1826), commentary on the Torah
- Matteh Efrayim (Zolkiev, 1834), on the ritual laws to be observed from the beginning of the month of Feast of Tabernacles, as well as on the regulations regarding the Kaddishof orphans
- Zera' Efrayim (Lemberg, 1853), commentary on the Pesikta Rabbati
- Safah Ne’emanah (Budapest, 1929[1]), responsum on whether it is permitted to pray in the vernacular
Many other works by him are still in manuscript (as of 1906).
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Ephraim Zalman Margolioth". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.