Person · 5608–5680 AM · 1848 CE — 1920 CE
Rabbi David Twersky of Skver רבי דוד טברסקי מסקווירא
the second rebbe of Skver
Son of Rabbi Yitzchak of Skver by his third wife Chana Sima. He took the court after his father's death in 1885.
He died on 15 Kislev 1919 and is buried in Kiev. After his death his widow moved with the sons to Kishinev.
His sons settled in different places: Rabbi Shlomo returned to Skver, Rabbi Menachem Nachum went to Makhnovka, and Rabbi Yaakov Yosef after the war set up the court in America.
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Documents of the period
- The register of the Volhynian courts' days of remembrance — 15 Kislev 1919 and the burial in Kiev
Scholarship
- The register of the Skver house — that he is the son of Rabbi Yitzchak and the father of Rabbi Yaakov Yosef
Basis: documents and evidence.