Tiktinsky

The Tiktinsky (or Tiktinski) family is "associated with the foundation and development of" the Mir Yeshiva (Belarus), from which came the one in Jerusalem, the Mir in Brooklyn and Bais HaTalmud. Shmuel Tiktinsky and his oldest son, Avrohom, who both died (separately) in 1835, were the first two of this family to facilitate the success of the Mir. At that time, Shmuel's second oldest son, Chaim Leib, was eleven years old. Two others led the Mir before it became his turn. to build and run the Mir.

Avrohom Tiktinsky Avrohom Tiktinsky was given "the whole burden of administration" by his father in 1823. Chaim Leib named two sons Shmuel and Avrohom.