| Moses Hutzler | |
| Birth Date: | November 28, 1800 |
| Birth Place: | Hagenbach, Bavaria, Germany |
| Death Date: | January 13, 1889 (age 88) |
| Death Place: | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Occupation: | Businessman |
| Spouse: | Caroline Neuberger |
| Family: | Louis Bamberger (grandson) Caroline Bamberger Fuld (granddaughter) |
| Children: | 7 including Abram G. Hutzler |
Moses Hutzler (November 28, 1800 – January 13, 1889) was a German-born American businessman and co-founder of the first Reform Jewish congregation in the United States, Har Sinai.
Moses Hutzler was born in Hagenbach, Bavaria, the son of and Beuleh (née Baer) and Gabriel Hutzler.[1] After attending school in Hagenbach, he learned the tailoring and dry-goods business. In 1838, he emigrated to the United States and opened a tailoring shop for women in Baltimore, Maryland which was unsuccessful. He then moved to Frederick, Maryland where he opened a haberdashery business. In 1840, he returned to Baltimore. In 1858, his son Abram G. (1836-1927) opened the company M. Hutzler & Son as Moses signed the note backing the company. After two of his other sons, Charles G. (1840-1907) and David (1843-1915), joined the business, it was redenominated Hutzler Brothers. Hutzler's became the premier department store in Baltimore.
In May 1842, Hutzler founded the Har Sinai Association, an association of reform-minded Jews in Baltimore that formed a community modeled on the Hamburg Temple. The meetings were initially held in Hutzler's house[2] and it was not until 1855 that David Einhorn became the first permanent rabbi.
Hutzler married twice. His first wife was Sophie Hutzler; they had two children that lived to adulthood:[3]
In 1829, he married Caroline Neuberger (born 1804), the daughter of Eli B. Neuberger, a merchant. They had five children that lived to adulthood:
He died in Baltimore, Maryland on January 13, 1889.