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Rabbi Abraham Twerski’s Copious Blessings The trailblazing rabbi died at the age of 90, a week after publishing his 90th book. Several months after becoming director of the department of psychiatry at Pittsburgh’s St. Francis hospital, founded and run by the Sisters of St. Francis, Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski was summoned to meet the bishop. Bishop Wright wanted Rabbi Twerski (whom he would always call Rabbi despite his medical credentials) to counsel the nuns who were having trouble adjusting to the liberalization of the convent by Vatican II. After a long conversation discussing the project, Rabbi Twerski could no longer contain himself. He said to the bishop, “You know, the historical relationship between the Church and the Jews has not always been pleasant. Isn’t it a bit ironic that when the Church is in trouble, you have recourse to a rabbi?” ....
talmid chacham, an ordained rabbi and a medical doctor a psychiatrist specializing in addictions. The son of the Hornsteipler Rebbe, Rabbi Twerski received his own smicha at the age of seventeen, and then assisted his father as assistant rabbi in his birthplace of Milwaukee. Although he is best known for his psychiatric knowledge and activities, Rabbi Dr. Twerski zâl was also a tremendous Torah scholar, widely respected for his deep devotion to the Chassidut of his ancestors and the breadth of his learning. A descendant of the great Chernobyl Chasidic dynasty, Rabbi Twerski was nevertheless known to many as just âAbe,â a man who spoke truth in plain words that could be understood by the average Jew or gentile. He did not differ between the creations of the Master of the Universe and in accordance with his training as a medical doctor, worked to heal all. ....