Years: 1895–1981
Primary city: Los Angeles
Rabbi Moses J. Feldman was a musmach of London’s Etz Chaim Yeshiva and a chaver of Rabbi Yitzchak HaLevi Herzog. He was a pioneering leader in Los Angeles who combined communal service with a devotion to biblical and liturgical philology. He authored the liturgical concordance Areshes Sefaseinu and dedicated decades to the critical review of foundational Torah texts. His scholarly legacy culminated in Meshivas Nefesh, an expansion of the Torah Temimah that he completed to fulfill a personal pledge to its author, Rabbi Baruch Epstein.