Rebbetzin Matil Segal, AH

Rebbetzin Matil Segal, wife of Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Halevi Segal, rosh kollel of the Tzemach Tzedek Kollel for Horaah and Dayanus in Yerushalayim’s Old City, passed away on Monday, 29 Cheshvan, at a ripe old age.

She was the daughter of Harav Aharon Bernstein, rosh yeshivah of Yeshivas Chayei Olam, a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, and father-in-law of the current Mutchatcher Rebbe.

After her marriage to Rabbi Segal, the couple settled in Yerushalayim’s Geulah neighborhood. When the Tzemach Tzedek Kollel was established in the Old City, Rabbi Segal was appointed to head it.

Through the decades, Rebbetzin Segal stood at his side, a true eishes chayil and the crown of her husband. She devoted herself to the home, to his work in the kollel, and to his daily shiurim in Chassidus, which drew thousands of yeshivah students closer to Chassidus.

Rebbetzin Segal was known as a modest and chassidishe woman who radiated warmth to all around her.

She raised her children with mesirus nefesh for Torah, Chassidus, and yiras Shamayim, and merited to build generations of ehrliche offspring, many of whom serve as shluchim of the Rebbe.

She is survived by her husband, Rabbi Yosef Tzvi, and their children: Rabbi Shlomo Yehuda Segal; Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Segal, Yerushalayim; Rabbi Shneur Zalman Segal, Brunoy, France; Mrs. Leah Chefer, Kfar Chabad; and Mrs. Chana Gurarie, wife of Rabbi David Gurarie, Holon. She is also survived by her siblings and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She is also survived by her sisters, Nechama Perl Rabinovich, wife of the Munkatcher Rebbe, and Bracha Elka Eisenbach, wife of senior Lubavitcher rov, rosh yeshivah and author Harav Chananya Yosef Eisenbach AH.

The levaya will take place on Tuesday, 30 Cheshvan, at 2:00 PM from Shamgar in Yerushalayim, followed by kevura on Har Hazeisim.

The family is sitting shiva at 13 Rechov Nechemia in Yerushalayim. Nichum aveilim hours are 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM and 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM.

Baruch Dayan HaEmes.