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]}