Aaron Twersky of Chernobyl explained

Chernobler Rebbe
Began:1837
Ended:21 November 1871
Birth Name:Aaron Twersky
Predecessor:Chernobler Magid
Successor:Yeshayo Meshulom Zishe Twersky
Boruch Osher Twersky
Spouse:dau. of Gedalyo of Linitz, dau. of Tsvi of Korostshev
Children:Chayo Soro, Perl, Menachem Nochum, Yeshayo Meshulom Zishe, Boruch Osher, Feygl
Dynasty:Chernobyl
Father:Mordechai Twersky
Mother:Chayo Soro
Birth Date:1784
Birth Place:Chernobyl
Date Of Death:21 November 1871

Aaron Twersky of Chernobyl (1784–1871) was a Ukrainian rabbi. He succeeded his father Rabbi Mordechai Twersky as rebbe of the Chernobler chasidim.[1]

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 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). They had 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. They had 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.[2]

He wrote an approbation to Or laYshorim by Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein.[3]

References

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopaedia Judaica p 1471
  2. http://www.nishmas.org/gdynasty/chapt11.htm The Chortkover Rebbe
  3. http://seforim.blogspot.com/2007/07/other-works-of-r-ym-epstein-author-of.html The other Works of Rabbi Yechiel Mikhl Epstein