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Mayer Twersky

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Rabbi Mayer E. Twersky

Rosh yeshiva at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

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Born	October 17, 1960
Nationality	American
Occupation	Rabbi, Rosh yeshiva

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]

Twersky is from the chassidic dynasty of Chernobyl and is the younger son of Isadore Twersky. His brother, Mosheh Twersky, was murdered in the 2014 Jerusalem synagogue massacre. He is a 5th cousin of Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski. Other cousins include the Grand Rabbis of Chernobyl. He is also a grandson of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik.^{[citation needed]}

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.

He has written articles in Hebrew for RIETS's annual Torah journal, and English articles in Tradition^[3]^[4]^[5] and in the Orthodox Union's magazine Jewish Action^[6] on subjects introducing the place of women in contemporary Orthodox Judaism.^[5]^[6]

Twersky is the Grand Rabbi of the Talne Hasidim^{[broken anchor]}.^{[citation needed]}

As of 2011 Twersky was on the board of the website TorahWeb,^[7] which frequently publishes his short English articles.^[8]

The current shamash of the Rebbe is Daniel Goldstein. Goldstein spent two years studying in Yeshivat Sha'alvim before coming to Yeshiva University and serving as the Rebbe's shamash. Past shamashim include Yair Caplan, Jonah Steinmetz, Etan Schnall, Yitzi Genack, and Yosef Schwartz.^{[citation needed]}

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Rabbanit Esti Rosenberg, director of Migdal Oz (seminary)

Rabbi Yitzchok Lichtenstein, Co-Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas; Rabbi Bais Avrohom, Monsey, NY

Rabbi Yosef Dov (Reb Berel) Soloveichik

Rabbi Avrohom Yehoshua Soloveichik

Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein, Co-Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion

Rabbi Meshulam Dovid (Reb Dovid) Soloveichik

Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveichik

Rabbi Mayer Lichtenstein, Rabbi Ohel Menachem Bet Shemesh

Rabbi Yosef Dov (HaLevi) Soloveichik
author of Beis HaLevi

Rabbi Chaim Soloveichik
"Reb Chaim Brisker"

Rabbi Yitzchak Zev (Reb Velvel) Soloveichik
"The GRIZ"
The Brisker Rov

Lifsha Soloveitchik Feinstein

Dr. Tovah Soloveitchik Lichtenstein

Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt

Rabbi Refael Shapiro, Rosh Yeshiva of Volozhin yeshiva

Lifsha Shapiro

Rabbi Refoel Soloveichik

Rabbi Dr. Aharon Lichtenstein

Tzipporah Rosenblatt

Rabbi Meir Soloveichik

Dr. Atarah Soloveitchik Twersky

Rabbi Mosheh Twersky z"l, Maggid Shiur at Yeshiva Toras Moshe

Rabbi Dr. Joseph B. (Yosef Dov) Soloveitchik
"The Rav"

Rabbi Dr. Isadore Twersky, Talner Rebbe of Boston

Rabbi Mayer Twersky, Rosh Yeshiva at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik

Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik

Rabbi Dr. Haym Soloveitchik

Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik, Rosh Yeshivas Brisk (Chicago); Rav of Kehilas Beth Sholom Ahavas Achim

Peshka Feinstein Soloveichik

Dr. Samuel Soloveichik

Rabbi Eliyahu Soloveichik, Rosh Yeshiva at Lander College's Beis Medrash L'Talmud

Rabbi Meir Yaakov Soloveichik

Shulamit Soloveitchik Meiselman

Rabbi Moshe Meiselman, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Toras Moshe

Rabbi Yosef Soloveichik

Sarah Orenshein

Anne Soloveitchik Gerber

Rabbi Chayim Soloveichik, Maggid Shiur at Yeshivat Reishit; Morah D’Asrah of Kehillat Ohr Shalom, Ramat Beit Shemesh

Moshe Soloveichik

Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveichik

Rabbi Shmuel Chaim Soloveichik

Rabbi Yitzchok Soloveichik

Rabbi Yisroel Soloveichik

Rabbi Yisroel Gershon Soloveichik

Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik

Rabbi Boruch Soloveichik

Rabbi Avraham Yeshaya Soloveichik

Daughter Soloveichik

Notes:

Rabbi Chaim Halevi Soloveichik (the second)

References

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^ "Roshei Yeshiva". Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. Archived from the original on February 25, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
^ "Our History". Maimonides School. Archived from the original on April 24, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
^ Mayer Twersky. "Halakhic Axiology within the Sefer Ha-Hinnukh". Tradition. Rabbinic Council of America. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
^ Mayer Twersky. "A Glimpse of the Rav". Tradition. Rabbinic Council of America. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
^ ^a ^b Mayer Twersky. "Halakhic Values and Halakhic Decisions: Rav Soloveitchik's Pesak Regarding Women's Prayer Groups". Tradition. Rabbinic Council of America. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
^ ^a ^b Mayer Twersky. "The Moon's Lost Light". Jewish Action. Orthodox Union. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
^ "About Us". TorahWeb.org. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
^ "Rabbi Mayer Twersky". TorahWeb.org. Retrieved November 9, 2016.

Online speeches and articles

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TorahWeb.org Articles by Twersky

Roshei Yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University

Rosh HaYeshiva Emeritus: Norman Lamm
Dean: Michael Taubes
Dean Emeritus: Menachem Penner
Senior Mashgiach Ruchani: Yosef Blau
Mashgichim: Ely Bacon; Josh Blass
Roshei Yeshiva: Elchanan Adler; Assaf Bednarsh; Eliyahu Ben Haim; J. David Bleich; Yitzchok Cohen; Daniel Feldman; Menachem Genack; Meir Goldwicht; David Hirsch; Dovid Horwitz; Elyakim Koenigsberg; Dovid Miller; Yaakov Neuburger; Hershel Reichman; Michael Rosensweig; Hershel Schachter; Ezra Schwartz; Eli Baruch Shulman; Baruch Simon; Zvi Sobolofsky; Daniel Stein; Mayer Twersky; Jeremy Wieder; Mordechai Willig

Former Roshei Yeshiva: Avraham Eliezer Alperstein; Nisson Alpert; Yosef Leib Arnest; Samuel Belkin; Yehuda David Bernstein; Abba Bronspiegel; Ahron Dovid Burack; Avigdor Cyperstein; Solomon Drillman; Henoch Fishman; Yitzchok Ginsberg; Ozer Glickman; Yerucham Gorelick; Aharon Kahn; Michael Katz; Shlomo Nosson Kotler; Yaakov Moshe Lessin; Aharon Lichtenstein; Zvulun Lieberman; Dovid Lifshitz; Moses Meir Matlin; Shraga Feivel Paretzky; Yehuda Parnes; Shlomo Polachek; Moshe Aharon Poleyeff; Elazar Meir Preil; Bernard Revel; Shimon Romm; Yonason Sacks; Melech Schachter; Moshe Shatzkes; Shimon Shkop; Ahron Soloveichik; Joseph B. Soloveitchik; Moshe Soloveichik; Ephraim M. Steinberg; Moshe Tendler; Shmuel Volk; Joseph Weiss; Shalom Elchanan Yaffe; Gershon Yankelewitz; Mendel Zaks

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