Menachem Nachum Twersky

Menachem Nochum Twersky[1] of Chernobyl, aka the Me'or Einayim, (born 1730, Norynsk [uk], Volhynia - died 1787, Chernobyl, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) was a Ukrainian rabbi, and the founder of the Chernobyl Hasidic dynasty.[2] He was a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov and the Maggid of Mezritch, and published one of the first works of Hasidic thought.[3] He is considered one of the pioneers of the Hasidic movement.[citation needed][4]

  1. ^ Disciples of the Baal Shem Tov and the Magid of Mezeritch
  2. ^ Dynner, Glenn (2006). Men of silk: the Hasidic conquest of Polish Jewish Society. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-517522-6.
  3. ^ Green, Arthur (1982). Menahem Nahum of Chernobyl: Upright Practices, The Light of the Eyes. Paulist Press. ISBN 9780809123742.
  4. ^ url=http://www.eilatgordinlevitan.com/kurenets/k_pages/twersky.html