 In 1927 he was appointed Rosh Yeshibah of Judith Montefiore College in Ramsgate.His son, Rabbi Dr. Maurice Gaguine, served as rabbi of the Withington Congregation of Spanish and Portuguese Jews.His major contribution to Jewish scholarship was "Keter Shem Tob", an encyclopaedic treatise which examines and compares the rites, ceremonies and liturgy of the eastern and western Sephardim and Ashkenazim, paying particular attention to the customs of Spanish and Portuguese Jews.