Mayer Twersky

Mayer Twersky

Mayer E. Twersky (born October 17, 1960) is an Orthodox rabbi and one of the roshei yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) of Yeshiva University. He holds the Leib Merkin Distinguished Professorial Chair in Talmud and Jewish Philosophy.[1] His popular lectures emphasize a combination of penetrating conceptual analyses and deep ethical imperatives.

Twersky hails from the well-known chassidic family of Chernobyl. He is the younger son of Isadore Twersky and is a distant cousin of Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski. Other cousins include the Grand Rabbis of Chernobyl, and anyone with the last name of Twersky (or Twerski). He is also a grandson and close student of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik.

Twersky attended the Maimonides School, which his grandfather founded,[2] through high school. He then attended Harvard College, while studying Talmud privately with his grandfather. Following college, he studied for rabbinic ordination at RIETS. He eventually became a teacher in the Yeshiva University High School for Boys and later a lecturer in RIETS.

In addition to Hebrew articles in RIETS's annual Torah journal, Twersky has published three English articles in the journal Tradition[3][4][5] and an English article in the Orthodox Union's magazine Jewish Action.[6] Two of these four articles relate to the place of women in contemporary Orthodox Judaism.[5][6]

Twersky currently holds the position of Grand Rabbi of the Talne hasidim.

Twersky is currently on the board of TorahWeb,[7] which frequently publishes short English articles of his.[8] He also lectures frequently to synagogue congregants.

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author of Beis HaLevi
 
Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik
"Reb Chaim Brisker"
 
 
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"The GRIZ"
The Brisker Rov
 
 
Lifsha Soloveitchik Feinstein
 
 
 
Dr. Tovah Soloveitchik Lichtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lifsha Shapiro
daughter of Rav Refael Shapiro
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rabbi Refoel Soloveitchik
 
 
 
Rabbi Dr. Aharon Lichtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rabbi Meir Soloveitchik
 
 
 
Dr. Atarah Soloveitchik Twersky
 
 
 
Rabbi Mosheh Twersky
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rabbi Dr. Joseph B. (Yosef Dov) Soloveitchik
"The Rav"
 
 
 
Rabbi Dr. Isadore Twersky
 
 
 
Rabbi Mayer Twersky
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rabbi Moshe Soloveitchik
 
 
Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik
 
 
 
 
Rabbi Dr. Haym Soloveitchik
 
 
 
Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Peshka Feinstein Soloveichik
 
 
Rabbi Dr. Shmuel Soloveitchik
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rabbi Eliyahu Soloveichik
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shulamit Soloveitchik Meiselman
 
 
Rabbi Moshe Meiselman
 
 
 
Rabbi Yosef Soloveitchik
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Anne Soloveitchik Gerber
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rabbi Chaim Soloveichik
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik
 
 
 
Rabbi Shmuel Chaim Soloveitchik
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rabbi Yitzchok Soloveitchik
 
 
 
Rabbi Yisroel Soloveitchik
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rabbi Yisroel Gershon Soloveitchik
 
 
Rabbi Moshe Soloveitchik
 
 
 
Rabbi Boruch Soloveitchik
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rabbi Avraham Yeshaya Soloveitchik
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Daughter Soloveitchik, Wife of Rabbi Shlomo Zev Karlibach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


References

  1. ^ "Roshei Yeshiva". Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. http://www.yu.edu/riets/gallery.aspx?id=23708. Retrieved April 3, 2011. 
  2. ^ "Our History". Maimonides School. http://www.rav.org/about/history.php. Retrieved April 3, 2011. 
  3. ^ Mayer Twersky. "Halakhic Axiology within the Sefer Ha-Hinnukh". Tradition. Rabbinic Council of America. http://www.traditiononline.org/news/article.cfm?id=100675. Retrieved April 3, 2011. 
  4. ^ Mayer Twersky. "A Glimpse of the Rav". Tradition. Rabbinic Council of America. http://www.traditiononline.org/news/article.cfm?id=104729. Retrieved April 3, 2011. 
  5. ^ a b Mayer Twersky. "Halakhic Values and Halakhic Decisions: Rav Soloveitchik's Pesak Regarding Women's Prayer Groups". Tradition. Rabbinic Council of America. http://www.traditiononline.org/news/article.cfm?id=104801. Retrieved April 3, 2011. 
  6. ^ a b Mayer Twersky. "The Moon's Lost Light". Jewish Action. Orthodox Union. http://www.ou.org/jewish_action/article/the_moons_lost_light/. Retrieved April 3, 2011. 
  7. ^ "About Us". TorahWeb.org. http://www.torahweb.org/about.html. Retrieved April 3, 2011. 
  8. ^ "Rabbi Meyer Twersky". TorahWeb.org. http://www.torahweb.org/authorIndex2.html#twersky. Retrieved April 3, 2011. 

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