He was born in
Brzezany, Poland, and studied at the Breslau Jewish Theological
Seminary and at the universities of Breslau and Leipzig, in Germany.
He was rabbi in Hamburg (1885-87), district rabbi of Hesse Nassau,
Germany, (1887-90) 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.
Bibliography:
MARGULIES, Samuel Hirsch.
Saadi al-Fajűmî's arabische Psalmenübersetzung ... Pp. iv, 51
[26]. Breslau: Druck von Grass, Barth und comp., 1884.
Links:
The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Florence
Tempio Maggiore,
The Great Synagogue of Florence
