Menachem Nachum of Chernobyl

Menachem Nochum Twersky of Chernobyl, also known as the "Meor Einayim," was a student of the Baal Shem Tov and the Maggid of Mezritch. He was a gifted and enthusiastic orator and one of the earliest disseminators of Chassidism in the Ukraine. He became the maggid of Chernobyl and the founder of the Chernobyl dynasty, which includes many famous scions of the Twersky family. He was the author of Meor Einayim, Chassidic insights into the weekly Torah portion and the holidays.