Aaron Twerski of Chernobyl
- Aaron Twerski of Chernobyl
Infobox Rebbe
title = Chernobler Rebbe
caption =
term = 1837 – 21 November, 1871
full name =Aaron Twerski
main work =
predecessor =Chernobler Magid
successor =Yeshayo Meshulom Zishe Twerski
Boruch Osher Twerski
spouse1 =dau. of Gedlayo of Linitz
issue1 =Chayo Soro, Perl
spouse2 = dau. of Tsvi of Korostshev
issue2 = Menachem Nochum, Yeshayo Meshulom Zishe, Boruch Osher, Feygl
spouse3 =
issue3 =
dynastyname = Chernobyl
father = Mordechai Twersky
mother =Chayo Soro
date of birth =1784
place of birth =Chernobyl
date of death = 21 November, 1871
place of death =
date of burial =
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Rabbi Aaron Twerski of Chernobyl (1784-1871) succeeded his father Rabbi Mordechai Twersky as leader of the Chernobler chasidim. [Encyclopedia Judaica p 1471]
Aaron Twerski was born in Chernobyl in 1784, the first-born of Rabbi Mordechai Twerski and Chayo Soro (daughter of Rabbi Aaron the Great of Karlin.
He received his education from his grandfather, Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twerski 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 Berezna).
He later married the daughter of Rabbi Tsvi of Korostshev. 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. [ [http://www.nishmas.org/gdynasty/chapt11.htm The Chortkover Rebbe] ]
he wrote an approbation to "Or laYshorim" by Rabbi Yechiel Mikhl Epstein. [ [http://seforim.blogspot.com/2007/07/other-works-of-r-ym-epstein-author-of.html The other Works of Rabbi Yechiel Mikhl Epstein] ]
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 Twerski היחס מטשרנוביל "The Chernobyl Genealogy", 2nd ed. Lublin 1938
* Yitshak Alfasi, תורת החסידות "Torat haChasidut", #271, Mosad Harv Kook, Jerusalem 2006
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