Shmuel Abba Twersky
Ukrainian-Canadian rabbi
About Shmuel Abba Twersky
Lived 1872 – 1947 (aged 74–75).
Abba Avraham Shmuel Twersky (1872–1947), (Other sources place his birthdate as 1885 a direct descendant of the Chernobyl Hasidic dynasty, who was the Makarover rebbe of Berdichev and Kiev.) His mother Chavah was a daughter of Yehoshua Rokeach, the second Belzer rebbe.
Shmuel Abba married his first cousin, Rickel Twersky, the daughter of his father's brother, David Twersky of Kiev. He was buried in an ohel in the Shaarey Zedek Cemetery in Winnipeg beside his wife. Many people came to pray at his ohel in the years after his death.
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Who was Shmuel Abba Twersky?
ukrainian-Canadian rabbi
When was Shmuel Abba Twersky born?
Shmuel Abba Twersky was born in 1872 in Ukraine.
When did Shmuel Abba Twersky die?
Shmuel Abba Twersky died in 1947 in Winnipeg.
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