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| name = Mayer E. Twersky
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| birth_date = October 17, 1960
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| nationality = American
| occupation = [[Rabbi]], [[Rosh yeshiva]]
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| office1 = [[Rosh yeshiva]] at [[Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary]]
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'''Mayer E. Twersky''' (born October 17, 1960) is an [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] [[rabbi]] and one of the [[Rosh yeshiva|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yu.edu/riets/gallery.aspx?id=23708 |title=Roshei Yeshiva |publisher=Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary |accessdate=April 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225140835/http://www.yu.edu/riets/gallery.aspx?id=23708 |archivedate=February 25, 2011 }}</ref>
Twersky is from the [[Hasidic Judaism|chassidic]] dynasty of [[Chernobyl (Hasidic dynasty)|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]].{{cn|date=September 2023}}
Twersky attended the [[Maimonides School]], which his grandfather founded,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rav.org/about/history.php |title=Our History |publisher=Maimonides School |accessdate=April 3, 2011 |archive-date=April 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424210205/http://www.rav.org/about/history.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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 [[Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy|Yeshiva University High School for Boys]] and later a lecturer in RIETS.
*[http://www.torahweb.org/twersky.html TorahWeb Audio]▼
He has written articles in Hebrew for RIETS's annual Torah journal, and English articles in ''[[Tradition (journal)|Tradition]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.traditiononline.org/news/article.cfm?id=100675 |title=Halakhic Axiology within the Sefer Ha-Hinnukh |author=Mayer Twersky |work=Tradition |publisher=Rabbinic Council of America |accessdate=April 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728095825/http://www.traditiononline.org/news/article.cfm?id=100675 |archivedate=July 28, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.traditiononline.org/news/article.cfm?id=104729 |title=A Glimpse of the Rav |author=Mayer Twersky |work=Tradition |publisher=Rabbinic Council of America |accessdate=April 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728095853/http://www.traditiononline.org/news/article.cfm?id=104729 |archivedate=July 28, 2011 }}</ref><ref name=WomensPrayerGroups>{{cite web |url=http://www.traditiononline.org/news/article.cfm?id=104801 |title=Halakhic Values and Halakhic Decisions: Rav Soloveitchik's Pesak Regarding Women's Prayer Groups |author=Mayer Twersky |work=Tradition |publisher=Rabbinic Council of America |accessdate=April 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728095910/http://www.traditiononline.org/news/article.cfm?id=104801 |archivedate=July 28, 2011 }}</ref> and in the [[Orthodox Union]]'s magazine ''[[Jewish Action]]''<ref name=MoonsLostLight>{{cite web |url=http://www.ou.org/jewish_action/article/the_moons_lost_light/ |title=The Moon's Lost Light |author=Mayer Twersky |date= |work=Jewish Action |publisher=Orthodox Union |accessdate=April 3, 2011}}</ref> on subjects introducing the place of women in contemporary Orthodox Judaism.<ref name=WomensPrayerGroups /><ref name=MoonsLostLight />
[[Category:Orthodox Jews|Twersky, Mayer]]▼
As of 2011 Twersky was on the board of the website TorahWeb,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.torahweb.org/about.html |title=About Us |publisher=TorahWeb.org |accessdate=April 3, 2011 |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514185342/http://www.torahweb.org/about.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> which frequently publishes his short English articles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.torahweb.org/author/rtwe.html |title=Rabbi Mayer Twersky |author= |date= |publisher=TorahWeb.org |accessdate=November 9, 2016}}</ref>
[[Category:Living people|Twersky, Mayer]]▼
The current shamash of the Rebbe is Yoni Besser.<ref>https://kollel.ncsy.org/summer-2023/chabura-spotlight-yoni-besser-2/</ref> Besser spent two years studying in Yeshivat Sha'alvim before coming to Yeshiva University and serving as the Rebbe's shamash. Past shamashim include Daniel Goldstein, Yair Caplan, Jonah Steinmetz, Etan Schnall, Yitzi Genack, and Yosef Schwartz.{{cn|date=September 2023}}
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==References==
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== Online speeches and articles ==
{{YU Roshei Yeshiva}}
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[[Category:1960 births]]
[[Category:Harvard College alumni]]
[[Category:Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary semikhah recipients]]
[[Category:Yeshiva University rosh yeshivas]]
[[Category:20th-century American rabbis]]
[[Category:21st-century American rabbis]]
[[Category:Hasidic rebbes]]
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