Moses Hyamson

Rabbi Moses Hyamson (September 3, 1862 – June 9, 1949) was an

Rabbi Hyamson was born in Suvalk, Russia (now Poland); he emigrated to England in 1864. He was educated in Talmud by his father, Rabbi Nathan Haimsohn, and by Dayan Jacob Reinowitz of the London Beth Din. He married Sara Gordon at the Great Synagogue in London in 1892.

Rabbi Hyamson was

Rabbi Hyamson served as a Rabbi in

In 1913, Rabbi Hyamson was elected Rabbi of Congregation Orach Chaim in New York. He received a life contract and served his community until his death in 1949. His distinguished leadership contributed significantly to Jewish life in America and overseas. (Serendipitously, at Orach Chaim, Hyamson replaced Hertz, to whom he had lost the British appointment.)

Rabbi Hyamson founded the Board of

Rabbi Hyamson led the battle to preserve

Notwithstanding his formidably Orthodox credentials, Rabbi Hyamson was appointed Professor Emeritus of Codes at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1915, serving until 1940. The divide at that time between Orthodox Judaism and the traditional wings of Conservative Judaism was not vast.

Rabbi Hyamson translated

• Congregation Orach Chaim history
• Obituary in American Jewish Year Book 1950