Shmuel Abba Twersky

Grand Rabbi
Shmuel Abba Twersky
TitleMakarover Rebbe of Winnipeg, Canada
Personal
Born
Abba Avraham Shmuel Twersky

1872
Ukraine
Died1947 (aged 74–75)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
ReligionJudaism
SpouseRickel Twersky
Children2
Parents
  • Grand Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Twersky (father)
  • Chavah Rokeach (mother)
Began1927
Ended1947
OtherMakarover Rebbe of Berdichev, 1920–
Yahrtzeit14 Sivan 5707
BuriedShaarey Zedek Cemetery, Winnipeg
DynastyMakarov

Abba Avraham Shmuel Twersky (1872–1947),[1][a] known as Shmuel Abba Twersky,[3] was a Rebbe of the Makarover Hasidic dynasty. He succeeded his father as Makarover Rebbe of Berdichev, Ukraine, in 1920, and presided as Makarover Rebbe of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from 1927 to 1947.

  1. ^ Sofer, Rabbi Yishai (10 June 2010). "Harav Shmuel Abba Twersky, zt"l, of Makarov – Winnipeg On His 63rd Yahrtzeit" (PDF). Hamodia. p. C3. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
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  3. ^ a b Lapidus 2004, p. 10.


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