Rabbi Yehoshua Segal, A.B.D of Rzeszow

From among the graves of the heads of the community, it is important to point out the grave of a person who served as the head of the community for many years, who as the right-hand man of Prince Lubomirski, an aristocrat and at the same time an autocrat, Yehoshua the son of Mordechai of Tysmienica. He is referred to as Hozia Markowicz or Rabinowicz in the city books. He died in 1751.

The head and leader in the city of Rzeszów was Rabbi Yehoshua Segal. He was also the son of Rabbi Mordechai, the head of the Land from Tysmienica. He was the son–in–law of Rabbi Yechezkel Torner the son of the chieftain Rabbi Wolf, the son of the chieftain Rabbi Yechezkel Landau, the rabbinical judge and teacher of righteousness in the city of Opatów. He was the husband of the famous woman Mrs. Vitish the daughter of the Gaon Rabbi Yitzchak Charif who was nicknamed “Shpitzkopf.” I