Aaron Twersky of Chernobyl (1784–1871) was a Ukrainian
rabbi
A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as '' semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form o ...
. He succeeded his father Rabbi
Mordechai Twersky as
rebbe of the
Chernobler chasidim.
Biography
Aaron Twersky was born in
Chernobyl in 1784, the first-born of Rabbi Mordechai Twersky and Chayo Soro (daughter of Rabbi
Aaron the Great
Aaron ben Jacob Perlov of Karlin (1736 – 1772), known among the Ḥasidim as Rabbi Aaron the Great, or simply as the "Preacher" or "Censor", was one of the early rabbis of the sect who helped the rapid spread of Ḥasidism in Eastern Europe, an ...
of
Karlin).
He received his education from his grandfather, Rabbi
Menachem Nachum Twersky of Chernobyl.
He married the daughter of Rabbi Gedalyo of Linits (author of ''Teshuos Chein''), who bore him two daughters, Chayo Soro (who married Yisroel, grandson of Rabbi
Nachman of Breslov) and Perl (who married Rabbi Yitschok of
Berezne).
Twersky later married the daughter of Rabbi Tsvi of
Korostyshiv. She bore him three sons – Menachem Nochum of Loiev, Yeshayo Meshulom Zishe of Chernobyl and Boruch Osher of Chernobyl – and a daughter, Feygl, who married Rabbi
Duvid Moshe Friedman of
Czortków.
He wrote an approbation to ''Or laYshorim'' by Rabbi
Yechiel Michel Epstein.
The other Works of Rabbi Yechiel Mikhl Epstein
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References
* Aharon Dovid Twersky היחס מטשרנוביל ''The Chernobyl Genealogy'', 2nd ed. Lublin 1938
* Yitshak Alfasi, תורת החסידות ''Torat haChasidut'', #271, Mosad Harv Kook, Jerusalem 2006
1784 births
1871 deaths
Rebbes of Chernobyl
People from Chornobyl
People from Kiev Voivodeship
Descendants of the Baal Shem Tov
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