Klimantowski, Moshe

Son of Tehila and Israel. Born in 1900 in Zichron Ya’akov, his first years of childhood were spent in the small settlement of Meir Shfeya near Zichron Yaakov, when the village of Kfar Tavor was founded. His parents were among the first settlers and Moshe moved with them to their new place. He studied at the local elementary school and later moved to the Mikveh Israel agricultural school, where he returned to his moshav and worked in the family farm, and was active in the local youth, and was well-known for his violin and mandolin. He was one of the organizers of the festivities. In the early years of the British Mandate, there were frequent attempts by the Arabs of the area to rob and steal the herd of the colony, and at the beginning of Sivan (29.5.1920) there was a robbery. The herd of the colony next to Bedouins from the Jordan River, with the help of the Arabs of ‘Arab a-Zabih, were suspected and in the exchange of fire that developed between the robbers and the settlers, Moshe was killed by a bullet in the head and two others were wounded. Two days before his death he participated in the pursuit of Arabs who stole a pair of mules from one of the peasants who plowed in the fields. His death was a heavy blow in Kfar Tavor and his friends outside the village. He was buried in the village cemetery. The locals recorded it in the Golden Book of the JNF and planted a grove bearing his name in Kfar Tavor.