Auction 32
Lot 228:
Receipt of the “General Committee of Knesset Yisrael in Jerusalem” for payment to the son of Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky [the Admor of Rachmastrivka], signed by the Ra’avad of the Chassidic kollels of Jerusalem, Rabbi Yisrael Zeev Meinsburg. The bottom has the writing “I received the above amount…” signed by the Admor Rabbi David ben Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky of Rachmastrivka (1872-1951), the son and successor of the Admor Rabbi Menachem Nachum. He was son-in-law of Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heschel Twersky of Skvira and father of Admor Rabbi Yochanan Twersky. His great-grandson, the current Admor of Rachmastrivka, was named after him. He served as Admor in Jerusalem together with his brother Rabbi Avraham Dov: they ran join tisches, and official documents noted that the chassidut was “led jointly by the Admorim.” He is buried in Sanhedriya cemetery, Jerusalem.
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