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

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

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, and later became Rabbi in Greater

Dubno Dubno ( uk, Ду́бно) is a city and municipality located on the Ikva River in Rivne Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Dubno Raion (district). The city is located on intersection of two major E ...

, 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 Dunaivtsi (, , pl, Dunajowce) is a city in Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast ( province), Ukraine. It is located on the river Ternavka, 22 km away from the railway station Dunaivtsi and 68 km from the Khmelnytskyi. R ...

in 1818. ''Sha'are Teshuvah'' (שערי תשובה, Gates of Repentance), is a commentary to the ''

Orach Chaim Orach Chayim, (''manner/way of life'') is a section of Rabbi Jacob ben Asher's compilation of Halakha (Jewish law), Arba'ah Turim. This section addresses aspects of Jewish law pertinent to the Hebrew calendar (be it the daily, weekly, monthly, or ...

'' section of ''

Shulchan Aruch The ''Shulchan Aruch'' ( he, שֻׁלְחָן עָרוּך , literally: "Set Table"), sometimes dubbed in English as the Code of Jewish Law, is the most widely consulted of the various legal codes in Judaism. It was authored in Safed (today in I ...

'' 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