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Mordechai Twersky
Twersky's tomb
TitleChornobyler Maggid
Personal life
BornMordechai Twersky
1770
Died1837 (20 Iyar 5597)
SpouseChaya Soro (daughter of Aharon of Karlin), Feygele (daughter of Dovid Leikes)
ChildrenAaron Twersky of Chornobyl
Moshe Twersky of Korostyshiv
Yaakov Yisroel Twersky of Cherkasy
Malka, Menachem Nochum Twersky of Makariv
Avrohom Twersky of Trisk
Dovid Twersky of Talne
Yitschok Twersky of Skvira
Yochonon Twersky of Rakhmastrivka
Chana Chaya Twersky
Parents
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
Jewish leader
PredecessorMenachem Nachum Twersky
SuccessorAaron Twersky of Chornobyl

Mordechai Twersky (1770–1837), known as the Maggid of Chernobyl, was a Ukrainian rabbi. He was the son of Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky of Chornobyl and the second rebbe of the Chernobyl Hasidic dynasty. (The family surname originally comes from Teverya, the Hebrew name for the city of Tiberias). All of his sons were rebbes, from whom several branches of Hasidism emerged today, including Skver, Chernobyl and Rachmastrivka.

Biography

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Twersky was born in Chernobyl to Sarah and Rabbi Menachem Nachum of Chernobyl, a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov and the Maggid of Mezeritch and author of the book Me'or Einayim.

Twersky married Chaya Sara the daughter of Rabbi Aharon of Karlin; after her death he married Faiga the daughter of Rabbi Dovid Leykes who was a student of the Baal Shem Tov.

His thoughts, sermons and discourses were published in his book ''Likutei Torah''.

His thoughts, sermons and discourses were published in his book Likutei Torah, which was praised by other famous Chassidic leaders. In 2001, the book was reprinted in a revised edition, with the addition of index, called "Likutei Torah Ha-Shalem".

References

Jews from Lakewood, NJ at the gave of Rabbi Mordechai Twersky
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