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Rabbi Chaim Twerski
Lifetime Harbatzas HaTorah Award
Rabbi Chaim Twerski is a renowned talmid
chacham, posek and a maggid shiur par
excellence. He is a scion of the illustrious
Chassidic families of Chernoble and
Nodverne. His earliest mentors, aside
from his distinguished parents, were his
grandfather, Harav Yaakov Yisroel Twerski
z”tl - the Milwaukee Rebbe, his greatuncle, the Bobover Rebbe - Harav Shlomo
Halberstam z”tl and uncle, Harav Shlomo
Twerski z”tl, the Denver Rav.
Upon completing his studies at the Talmudical Yeshiva, Philadelphia,
Rabbi Twerski continued his learning in the beis midrash program under
the guidance of the great gaonim Harav Elya Svei and Harav Shmuel
Kamenetzky. He furthered his extensive Torah education at Beth Medrash
Govoha, Lakewood, NJ. In 1970 he married his eishes chayil, Golda Epstein,
daughter of Hagaon Hatzadik Rabbi Zeidel Epstein z”tl and continued his
Torah education in several prestigious kollelim.
Serving as a member of the Los Angeles Kollel, Rabbi Twerski delivered
a lecture series on hashkafa issues at Hughes Aircraft, published popular
scholarly articles on mezuzos and became involved in the area of safrus.
A truly gifted and dedicated Rebbe of Beis HaMidrash LaTorah for over
forty years, Rabbi Twerski has taught the intricacies of Talmud and Tosafos,
Rishonim and Acharonim, Navi, Chumash and Meforshim, as well as serving
as Rebbe of the Yeshiva’s semicha shiur and instructing various classes of
older students in hashkafa and ethics. A true mechanech, he found time to
serve as co-president of Bais Yaakov Yeshivas Tiferes Tzvi for ten years.
Rav of Bais Chaim Dovid Kehilla - Lincolnwood since 1992, Rabbi Twerski is
maggid shiur for the shul’s daf yomi, provides counseling, answers many
halachic sha’alos and is very involved in numerous community endeavors.
He and his wife Golda shep much nachas from their children, grandchildren
and great grandchildren. It is the Yeshiva’s honor and privilege to express its
deepest appreciation by presenting the Lifetime Harbatzas HaTorah Award
to Rabbi Chaim Twerski.