Aaron Twersky of Chernobyl

Aaron Twersky of Chernobyl was a Ukrainian rabbi. He succeeded his father Rabbi Mordechai Twersky as rebbe of the Chernobler chasidim.

Biography

Aaron Twersky was born in Chernobyl in 1784, the first-born of Rabbi Mordechai Twersky and Chayo Soro.
He received his education from his grandfather, Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky of Chernobyl.
He married the daughter of Rabbi Gedalyo of Linits. They had two daughters, Chayo Soro and Perl.
Twersky later married the daughter of Rabbi Tsvi of Korostyshiv. They had three sons – Menachem Nochum of Loiev, Yeshayo Meshulom Zishe of Chernobyl and Boruch Osher of Chernobyl – and a daughter, Feygl, who married Rabbi Duvid Moshe Friedman of Czortków.
He wrote an approbation to Or laYshorim by Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein.