124:. Seixas came to turn to him for questions on Jewish law due to his years of intense Torah study, which made him the only real rabbinical scholar in America at the time. Believing in the need for Jewish education, he became involved with Yeshibat Minhat Arab, which Shearith Israel organized. In 1808, he was appointed to a committee of six to draft a detailed proposal and regulations to reorganize the Yeshibat into a real Jewish day school for children. The school existed until 1822. In 1810, he was elected president of Shearith Israel and served a single term in that position.
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