Rav Moshe Tzvi Twersky zt"l
הרב משה צבי בן מנחם נחום טווערסקי זצ"ל
Sivan 25 , 5732
Known As: Tolna Rebbe of Philadelphia
Father's Name: Menachem Nachum Twersky
Rav Moshe Tzvi Twersky zt"l
Rav Moshe Tzvi Twersky, Tolna Rebbe of Philadelphia (1890-1972). Born to Rav Menachem Nachum (Rebbe of Tolna-Toltchin) and great-grandson of first Tolna Rebbe, Rav Dovid. Rav Moshe Menachem succeeded his father in Toltchin un 1916, but left the Ukraine in 1921, crossing the southern border into Moldavia to escape persecutation. He emigrated to the United States the following year and settled in Philadelphia.
