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Among the giants of the Jewish world lost to us through the COVID-19 pandemic was Rabbi Avraham Joshua Heschel Twerski, zt”l.

Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski with (to his left) Rabbi Shais Taub, both of whom worked with Jews in the Chassidic community, in addition to others who struggle with addiction, May 8, 2011. Photo: Wikimedia Commons JNS.org – Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski, a renowned psychologist, author and Torah scholar, passed away yesterday in Israel at the age of 90. Twerski, proudly identified as Chassidic , was strongly involved with the Chabad-Lubavitch community. A Wisconsin native, he spent much of his pro...