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םייח תרות תבישי
YESHIVA TORAS CHAIM Inaugural Tribute Dinner
The Legacy Lives On

RABBI SHLOMO

TWERSKY k"mz
EITZ CHAIM MEMORIAL TRIBUTE

Rav Shlomo Shmuel Twersky k"mz was a caring
person who always tried to understand and assist with the needs of each and
every individual. He personified care and compassion for others. He had a unique
ability to encourage his children, family members and friends, to accomplish and
perform to the best of their abilities. Many times, the people on the receiving end
didn’t even realize their potential until they were pushed by him to develop that
potential. He always made others feel welcome and wanted. His home was open
to anyone in need of practical, emotional, medical, occupational and religious
support and guidance.
“Reb Shlomo,” as he was affectionately called by friends and acquaintances, was
the only son of the Chernobler Rebbe, Harav Yaakov Yisroel Twersky k"eumz. He was
born into a family endowed with an illustrious Chassidic history. He was a ic
ic rjt descendant of the first Chernobler Rebbe, the “Meor Einayim,” who was a
talmid of the Baal Shem Tov and the Mezritcher Maggid. Reb Shlomo was also a
descendent of the Baal Shem Tov, Reb Aharon of Karlin, the Apta Rav, Reb Yaavo,
The Zlotchover Maggid, Reb Pinchos of Koritz and the Rebbes of Neschchiz, Radvil
and Orzistchov v"vkkeumz. He was scfn his parents tremendously and aspired to live
up to their legacy and his Chernobler ancestry. He would always talk about the
Chernobler Rebbes’ impact on his life as he showed their pictures to visitors to his
home and described the values and virtues that they espoused.

Reb Shlomo’s namesake, his grandfather, R’ Shlomo Shmuel escaped from the
severe communist oppression that he faced in the Soviet Union and established
the Chernobler shul in the confines of Boro Park, Brooklyn, in the 1930’s.
Unfortunately, his sojourn in America was short lived as he was niftar a short
while later. In the meantime, Reb Shlomo’s father, Rav Yaakov Yisroel, also
succeeded in independently escaping to Eretz Yisroel and was brought to America