תּוֹלְדוֹת
Rabbi Mordechai of Chernobyl — Rav Mordechai Twersky (c. 5530/1770–5597/1837), known as Motele — was the second Rebbe of the Chernobyl dynasty. He was born in Chernobyl to Rav Menachem Nachum of Chernobyl, a talmid of the Baal Shem Tov and of the Maggid of Mezeritch and the author of the Me’or Einayim, and to his wife Sarah, and he succeeded his father at the head of the chasidim of Chernobyl. He married Chaya Sara, daughter of Rav Aharon of Karlin, and after her passing he married Faiga, daughter of Rav Dovid Leykes, himself a talmid of the Baal Shem Tov.
Of his eight sons, seven became Rebbes, and from them grew several branches of Chasidut, among them Chernobyl, Skver and Rachmastrivka. The family name Twersky is Russian for a native of Tver, though chasidic tradition ties it to Teveryah, Tiberias. His Torah — his thoughts, derashot and discourses — was published in his sefer Likutei Torah.
רבי מרדכי טברסקי היה האדמו"ר השני של בית צ'רנוביל. כל בניו כיהנו כאדמו"רים ומהם יצאו כמה ענפי חסידות המונים כיום אלפי חסידים, בהם צ'רנוביל, טולנה, סקווירא ורחמסטריבקא.
Mordechai Twersky, known as Motele, was a Ukrainian rabbi. He was the son of Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky of Chernobyl and the second rebbe of the Chernobyl Hasidic dynasty. The family surname is Russian for "native of Tver", although Hasidic tradition connects it with the city of Tiberias. Seven of his eight sons were rebbes, from whom several branches of Hasidism emerged, including Skver, Chernobyl and Rachmastrivka.