Background
He is the younger son of Isadore Twersky.
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Mayer Twersky
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Twersky attended the Maimonides School, which his grandfather founded, through high school.
Career
He holds the Leib Merkin Distinguished Professorial Chair in Talmud and Jewish Philosophy. 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 a 5th cousin of Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski.
Other cousins include the Grand Rabbis of Chernobyl, and many people with the last name of Twersky or Twerski. He is also a grandson of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik.
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 and an English article in the Orthodox Union"s magazine Jewish Action. Twersky currently holds the position of Grand Rabbi of the Talne hasidim.
The current shamash of the Rebbe is Meir Zev Steinmetz of Woodmere, New New York
Steinmetz spent a significant amount of time studying in Yeshivat Hakotel (located in Jerusalem, Israel) before coming to Yeshiva University to serve as the Rebbe"s shamash. Past Shamashim include Etan Schnall, Yitzi Genack and Yosef Shwartz. Twersky is currently on the board of TorahWeb, which frequently publishes short English articles of his.
He also lectures frequently to synagogue congregants.
TorahWeb.org Audio and Video
YU Torah
Leib Merkin Distinguished Professorial Chair in Talmud and Jewish Philosophy
TorahWeb.org Articles
Torah Perspectives on Women"s Issues
Halakhic Values and Halakhic Decisions: Rav Soloveitchik’s Pesak Regarding Women's Prayer Groups
Rabbi Gil Student"s defense of Rabbi Twersky"s article.
