Editing Moshe Shneuri (section)

== His Wanderings ==
After escaping, Rabbi Moshe wandered through Polish cities, moving from town to town. He would roam the forests and come to cities only to ask for basic necessities, refusing to accept anything more than absolutely necessary. He would sleep in synagogue attics, placing a stone under his head and tying his feet with rope. He sat in the synagogue with his tallis covering his face. Once, when he revealed his face during a conversation with a Jew in the synagogue, the person was struck with awe and fear from his countenance.

He usually stayed in the Kiev and Zhitomir areas, and was also seen several times in Cherkassy at Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael of Cherkassy's place, and in Chernobyl by Rabbi Aharon of Chernobyl.

During the Maharash's leadership, he appeared in Lubavitch for several days and visited the Rebbe and his family. His identity became known to the townspeople only after he left. At that time, he appeared as an elderly Chabad chassid.

During his wanderings, he ate only grain crackers daily, and wheat crackers on Shabbos. Twice a week he would collect charity and use the money to buy firewood for women who had just given birth. He never received an aliyah to the Torah except once on Yom Kippur in the last year of his life. His identity was unknown to anyone except a few individuals who recognized him by his face as the Alter Rebbe's son.