Aaron Twersky of Chernobyl
| Aaron Twersky of Chernobyl | |
|---|---|
| Chernobler Rebbe | |
| Term | 1837 – 21 November 1871 |
| Full name | Aaron Twersky |
| Born |
1784 Chernobyl |
| Predecessor | Chernobler Magid |
| Successor |
Yeshayo Meshulom Zishe Twersky Boruch Osher Twersky |
| Father | Mordechai Twersky |
| Mother | Chayo Soro |
| Wife 1 | dau. of Gedalyo of Linitz |
| Children 1 | Chayo Soro, Perl |
| Wife 2 | dau. of Tsvi of Korostshev |
| Children 2 | Menachem Nochum, Yeshayo Meshulom Zishe, Boruch Osher, Feygl |
Rabbi Aaron Twersky of Chernobyl (1784–1871) succeeded his father Rabbi Mordechai Twersky as leader of the Chernobler chasidim.[1] The family surname was originally spelled Twerski.
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), who bore him two daughters, Chayo Soro (who married Yisroel, grandson of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov) and Perl (who married Rabbi Yitschok of Berezne).
He 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 Dovid Moshe Friedman of Czortkow.[2]
He wrote an approbation to Or laYshorim by Rabbi Yechiel Mikhl Epstein.[3]
His teachings
Rabbi Yitschok Of Skvira said: My brother (Aaron) taught his chasidim to maintain two permanent thoughts—"but we have sinned" and "In my heart I conceal your saying".
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
- ↑ Encyclopedia Judaica p 1471
- ↑ The Chortkover Rebbe
- ↑ The other Works of Rabbi Yechiel Mikhl Epstein