Mordechai Twersky (1770–1837), known as the Maggid of Chernobyl, was a Ukrainian rabbi. The son of Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky of Chernobyl and the second rebbe of the Chernobyl Hasidic dynasty. (The family surname was originally spelled Twerski). All of his sons served as rebbes, from whom several branches of Hasidism emerged today, including thousands of Chasidim, including Skver, Chernobyl and Rachmastrivka.
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1770
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1837 (aged 66)
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