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Rebbe. Shmuel Abba married his first cousin, Rickel
Twersky, the daughter of his father's brother, David Twersky of Kiev. They had one son and one daughter. As a young married man, he was known for his proficiency in
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Twersky's wife and two children joined him over two years after his arrival in
Winnipeg. His wife died suddenly in February 1930 at the age of 54. Twersky's son Yitzchak Yaakov became principal of a
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in order to pray for the Holy Spirit of the Tzadik
Twersky after many decades that people have not been to his holy grave and to say kadish for the Rabbi in form of a minyan.
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His community bought him a house on Flora Avenue, where a large number of Jewish immigrants resided. Later he moved to Boyd Avenue, where he opened a
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370:Shaarey Zedek Cemetery
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285:during the 1917–1921
241:Early life and family
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484:10 January
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396:References
293:, Latvia.
478:"Makarov"
311:Cherbourg
251:Berdichev
247:Chernobyl
231:Berdichev
221:Makarover
171:Yahrtzeit
162:Berdichev
44:Makarover
332:Winnipeg
307:red tape
303:Winnipeg
279:Mezerich
235:Winnipeg
215:, was a
112:Children
94:Religion
86:Winnipeg
58:Personal
53:, Canada
51:Winnipeg
601:Sources
450:Hamodia
368:in the
283:pogroms
227:dynasty
224:Hasidic
219:of the
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193:Dynasty
164:, 1920–
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297:Canada
263:Belzer
185:Buried
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362:Sivan
217:Rebbe
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157:Other
149:Ended
141:Began
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40:Title
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366:ohel
291:Riga
255:Kiev
253:and
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