1836 - 1939.
Rabbi Moshe Haiby was the rabbi of the "Machane Yosef" neighborhood in northern Jaffa. He was born in the city of Taiz in Yemen.
From a young age, he was recognized as a prodigy, and so he was sent to study at the yeshiva in Sana'a (the capital of Yemen). Throughout his life, he became renowned as a rabbi, teacher, and scholar, and he educated many students.
Rabbi Moshe Haiby was a fervent supporter of Zionism and yearned for the Holy Land throughout his life, even though Zionism was not known in its European form in Yemen.
He eagerly absorbed stories about the Land of Israel, Jerusalem, and its Torah institutions, and when he immigrated to the land, he made his dream a reality.
At the age of seventy, in 1906, he immigrated to Israel after meeting an emissary from the land named Avraham Nadaf.
Rabbi Moshe's reputation preceded him, and among those who came to hear his Torah teachings was Aharon Chelouche, the founder of the nearby Neve Tzedek neighborhood.
His home served as a synagogue, a Torah study hall for children, and a yeshiva for Torah seekers.
During World War I, as the British army approached from the south, the Ottoman authorities forced the Jewish residents of Jaffa and Tel Aviv to evacuate. Among them was the eighty-year-old Rabbi Moshe Haiby, who was exiled to Tzfat. He stayed there with his family until the end of the war, after which he returned to Jaffa.
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After living for 33 years in the Land of Israel, primarily in Jaffa and Tel Aviv, Rabbi Moshe Haiby passed away in 1939 at the age of 103. Throughout his time there, he dedicated himself to the study and teaching of Torah. Though he was a prominent spiritual leader within the Yemenite community, his influence extended far beyond, touching the lives of people across all of Israel.
On January 11, 1993, it was announced that a street in Tel Aviv-Jaffa would be dedicated in his honor.
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