Moshe Zadok
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Moshe Tzadok (2nd from the left), November 9, 1949
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| Native name | משה צדוק |
| Birth name | Moshe Lehrer Tzadok |
| Born |
July 1, 1913 Radom, Poland |
| Died | March 15, 1964 (aged 50) Israel |
| Buried at | Kiryat Shaul Military Cemetery |
| Allegiance |
 Israel |
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| Years of service | 1933 - April 1956 |
| Rank |
 Aluf
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| Spouse(s) | Hadassah Petrushka (Hebrew: הדסה פטרושקה) |
| Other work | Head of the Division of Interior and Construction of the Ministry of Defense |
Moshe Lehrer Tzadok (Sometimes spelled Moshe Zadok; Hebrew: משה צדוק (לֶרֶר); July 1, 1913 - March 15, 1964) was Haganah fighter and later an IDF major general, first head of the Manpower Directorate during the Israeli War of Independence, and head of the Israeli Northern and Southern Command during the early 1950s. After retiring from the IDF, Tzadok became the head of the Division of Interior and Construction of the Ministry of Defense.
Tzadok was born on July 1, 1913 to Mendel and Nechama Lehrer in a small town of Żelechów near Radom, Poland. After completing his junior year, Tzadok continued his education in a vocational school sponsored by ORT in Warsaw, the capital of Poland.
Tzadok became a Zionist from the age of 14 when he joined the Zionist youth movement in his hometown. In 1933 Tzadok immigrated to Israel. Soon after arriving in Israel he joined the Haganah. In 1936 he graduated from the Juara training base in Ramat Menashe, in northern Israel.
During the early 1940s Tzadok became a prominent member of the Jewish Combat Organization. Prior to the Haganah's capture of Haifa, he served as the Fire chief of the Haifa Fire Department which facilitated covert Haganah operations in the city. Additionally, he thought Haganah courses.
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