Mordechai Twersky

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Mordechai Twersky
Tshernobler Maggid
Term 17981837
Full name Mordechai Twerski
Born 1770
Died 1837 (20 Iyar 5597)
Buried Igantovka, near Kiev
Dynasty Chernobyl
Predecessor Menachem Nachum Twerski
Successor Aharon Twerski of Chernobyl
Father Menachem Nachum Twerski
Mother Soro Shapira
Wife1 Chaya Soro (daughter of Aharon of Karlin)
Issue1 Aharon Twerski
Moshe Twerski of Korostshev
Yaakov Yisroel Twerski of Cherkasy
Malka
Wife 2 Feygele (daughter of Dovid Leikes)
Issue 2 Menachem Nochum Twerski of Makarov
Avrohom Twerski of Turisk
Dovid Twerski of Talne
Yitschok Twerski of Skvira
Yochonon Twerski of Rachmastrivka
Chana Chaya Twerski

Rabbi Mordechai Twerski, known as the Magid of Chernobyl, was the son of Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twerski of Chernobyl and the second rebbe of the Chernobyl Hasidic dynasty.