Moshe Zvi Segal (rabbi)

Moshe Zvi Segal

Moshe Zvi Segal (23 February 1904 – 25 September 1985) was a prominent figure in various movements and organizations in Israel, including Etzel and Lechi.[1] He was awarded the Yakir Yerushalaim prize in 1974.[2]

Moshe Zvi Segal was born on 23 February 1904 (6 Shevat 5664) in Poltava, Ukraine.[3] His father was Abraham Mordechai Segal from Moholiov, situated above the Dnieper River in White Russia. His mother was Henna Leah Menkin, whose family moved from Mohilov to Vortinschina-Zeberzhia as farmers to escape the Tzar's decree to kidnap Jewish children from their homes, forcefully prevent them from religious observance, and recruit them in the army. [3]

The seeds of Segal's love for Jerusalem and the Holy Land were sown at an early age, when he learned about the forefathers of the Jewish People, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the Torah.[3]

In 1914, as a result of the First World War, the Mir Yeshiva relocated to Poltava. Segal studied there from the age of 10 until the age of 15.[3] In 1919, when the yeshiva returned to Poland, Segal declined the Rosh Yeshiva's invitation to join them because of his prior obligation to assist his parents with the family's meager finances.[3]

During his years in the yeshiva he was also an avid reader of books at Poltava's Hebrew Library. His reading significantly broadened his knowledge of Jewish philosophy in the middle ages and later generations.[3]

At the age of 17, Segal was accepted as a member of the HeHalutz Jewish underground organization in Poltava.[3]

In 1924, at the age of 20, Segal immigrated with his parents and siblings to the land of Israel (then under the British Mandate for Palestine).

In 1929, in response to King George VI's decrees limiting Jewish rights and religious observance in Palestine and Jerusalem, Segal organized a large demonstration to the Kotel on 9 Av, the day of Jewish national mourning.[3]

During the 1929 Arab riots and the pogroms in Hebron and Safed he defended Tel Aviv as a member of the Hagana. He later co-founded the Etzel military movement. Segal was also one of the founders of Brit HaBirionim.[4]

Organizations

Throughout his life, Segal was a member of a number of organizations, some of which he founded himself.

References

  1. ↑ "R. Segal: Brief Biography". Save Israel. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "יקיר העיר 1974". Jerusalem Municipality (in Hebrew). Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 הלוי סגל, משה צבי (2016). דור ודור (in Hebrew) (Second ed.). The Old City of Jerusalem.
  4. ↑ "Patriot for Israel - Moshe Zvi Segal". Chabad Activities For Eretz Yisrael. Retrieved 19 April 2017.


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