Hayyim Mordecai Margolioth (mid-18th century - 1818; ) was a Polish

rabbi A rabbi (; ) is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi—known as ''semikha''—following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of t ...

, best known as the author of the halachic work ''Sha'are Teshuvah''. He studied under his uncle Sender Margolioth; and is the brother of Ephraim Solomon Margolioth. He was at first

Rabbi A rabbi (; ) is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi—known as ''semikha''—following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of t ...

at Brestitzki, and later became Rabbi in Greater

Dubno Dubno (, ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality located on the Ikva River in Rivne Oblast (oblast, province) of western Ukraine. It serves as the capital city, administrative center of Dubno Raion ...

, where he established a

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. He was among those who elected the three deputie
sent to St. Petersburg
to confer with the government upon Jewish affairs. He died at Dunajowce in 1818. ''Sha'are Teshuvah'' (שערי תשובה, Entry to

Responsa ''Responsa'' (plural of Latin , 'answer') comprise a body of written decisions and rulings given by legal scholars in response to questions addressed to them. In the modern era, the term is used to describe decisions and rulings made by scholars i ...

), is a commentary to the '' Orach Chaim'' section of ''

Shulchan Aruch The ''Shulhan Arukh'' ( ),, often called "the Code of Jewish Law", is the most widely consulted of the various legal codes in Rabbinic Judaism. It was authored in the city of Safed in what is now Israel by Joseph Karo in 1563 and published in ...

'' and is published in most editions of the ''Shulchan Aruch''. It contains extracts from other works - functioning as a digest of material "Sha'arei Teshuvah and Pit-hei Teshuvah"
Professor Eliezer Segal from the responsa literature - along with the author's own insights."Sha'arei Teshuvah on Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim"
at sefaria.org It was completed posthumously by his brother.

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18th-century births 1818 deaths Polish Orthodox rabbis 19th-century Polish rabbis People from Dubno Authors of books on Jewish law {{Poland-rabbi-stub