Mordechai Twersky
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Mordechai Twersky | ||
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Tshernobler Maggid | ||
Term | 1798 – 1837 | |
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 |
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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.