Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski On A Wakeup Call

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  • Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski speaks about wake up calls.
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Komentáře • 176

  • @tinamelton6491
    @tinamelton6491 Před 6 lety +59

    I love Rabbi Abraham never got to have a grandpa but if I did I'd want one just like him

  • @opaaaaaaaaaaa
    @opaaaaaaaaaaa Před 7 lety +168

    THIS MAN IS ONE OF THE WISEST MAN I KNOW.

  • @dumbass3770
    @dumbass3770 Před 6 lety +183

    I barely met him and I have a fish kind of love for him

    • @samsare6034
      @samsare6034 Před 4 lety +7

      lol that made me laught!

    • @PleaseNoMoreFarmhouseDecor
      @PleaseNoMoreFarmhouseDecor Před 4 lety +2

      :-)

    • @warren1663
      @warren1663 Před 4 lety +3

      the soul yearns for teaching, fish love is passing, it is consumed digested and gone....
      but what is taught... it lasts for the rest of your life and continues on, to live in others,
      and into the distant future.

    • @NichtNameee
      @NichtNameee Před 3 lety

      You're pretty selfish!

  • @carolinebaxelsson3850
    @carolinebaxelsson3850 Před 6 lety +15

    He is pure wisdom

  • @soumyashishdas8779
    @soumyashishdas8779 Před 3 lety +4

    This video deserves to have several millions of views. Straight forward facts.

  • @maryama.6573
    @maryama.6573 Před rokem +1

    I like this man. He must be at peace with himself. His words come from that peace within

  • @naders.2536
    @naders.2536 Před 5 lety +16

    It’s so beautiful to hear a religious leader is so smart that promotes Spirituality in a public video. He’s a very confident individual and I love to listen to his beautiful words of wisdom. Very refreshing.

  • @preciouspups4116
    @preciouspups4116 Před 6 lety +4

    It is refreshing to hear somebody talk who
    Is not trying to impress people.

  • @michaelweeks9317
    @michaelweeks9317 Před 3 lety +5

    We love you Rabbi! May God bless you and may you dance with your wife at your Great, Great grand children's wedding! A Catholic helped by your wisdom Sir!

  • @saravegarelaxing
    @saravegarelaxing Před 7 lety +33

    How refreshing to hear some wise words!

  • @donnakebabmat5413
    @donnakebabmat5413 Před 3 lety +7

    The granddad I sadly never had. I love this man.

    • @nechamastern8471
      @nechamastern8471 Před 2 lety +1

      Same here. I never met him in real life but I couldn’t stop crying when he passed.

  • @888ssss
    @888ssss Před rokem +1

    great guy. peace to him.

  • @eastman9
    @eastman9 Před 13 lety +17

    This guy is amazing; there is a gem of knowledge in every one of his videos.

  • @breindyhoch528
    @breindyhoch528 Před rokem +1

    He was sooooo special. I am sorry I didn’t know him. I saw him once at a wedding in jerusalem and of course I senced greatness.

  • @surpriseofyourlife6452

    A convenience, once enjoyed, becomes a necessity.

  • @jamesbench2032
    @jamesbench2032 Před 3 lety +1

    Very wise man..

  • @radedg
    @radedg Před 6 lety +3

    I love this great old man! People like these should lead any religion in the world.

  • @bacione97
    @bacione97 Před 12 lety +7

    Such clarity - love this Rabbi so much

  • @elizabethbooth5446
    @elizabethbooth5446 Před 2 měsíci

    Thank you rabbi

  • @gee8883
    @gee8883 Před 6 lety +7

    Thx you for sharing your wisdom with us . Toda hashem .

  • @cmellowdee
    @cmellowdee Před rokem

    I love this man.

  • @swan9680
    @swan9680 Před 4 lety +2

    Loving your videos. From a French speaking guy studying Philosophy for 10 years.

  • @swkoppable
    @swkoppable Před 3 lety +1

    Absolutely, Rabbi. Thank you 😊

  • @oktawianbulanowski5774
    @oktawianbulanowski5774 Před 5 lety +6

    Thank you Rabbi. Your talk helps me

  • @spanishlanguageeducational3737

    Inspirational man. Very intelligent observations.

  • @user-vz8eh5se5e
    @user-vz8eh5se5e Před 6 lety +4

    Hello friends I want to say that I am a Jewish guy who lives in Israel and I am not a religious guard ... I think that the rabbi talks about the most important things in life

  • @Cor_Nelis
    @Cor_Nelis Před 6 lety +13

    Animals do help each other...

  • @snowmanfred3508
    @snowmanfred3508 Před 6 lety +10

    Animals can do far more than what we like to believe.

    • @frumamohrer9863
      @frumamohrer9863 Před 2 lety

      Yes but instinctually, not because the animal weighed the pros and cons and made a rational decision to act. Animals can nourish and protect their young, dogs can be loyal and comforting to their owners, even save lives, but they live and feel on an instinctual level, not because they have taken an intellectual decision to act. Some of our own acts as humans are instinctual as a parent's love, etc. Rabbi Twerski knew this but he also knew that human beings can rise above their feelings in order to do great things for others; they can "feel" anger and rise above it and refashion themselves into better and kinder and more patient people.

  • @trevorgwelch7412
    @trevorgwelch7412 Před 5 lety +2

    Very Philosophical Discussion . Excellent Thought and Conversation

  • @Sandmanofamarillo
    @Sandmanofamarillo Před 12 lety +3

    i think he is addressing the fact that there is a tangible and intangible aspect to your existence and to avoid seeking extremes.

  • @vabriga1
    @vabriga1 Před 6 lety +3

    Excellent!

  • @emanuelescobedo7246
    @emanuelescobedo7246 Před 6 lety +4

    Thank you for providing such wisdom...to and understanding I've tooken like to God bless you Rabbi D.r Abraham

  • @arual1969
    @arual1969 Před 13 lety +1

    OMG....THE WORDS ABOUT SPIRITUALITY ARE AWESOME!

  • @TheBroDude777
    @TheBroDude777 Před 11 lety +5

    Brilliant!

  • @BowlerTheHatGuy
    @BowlerTheHatGuy Před 4 lety +9

    Whenver I think of an archetype of an old wise wizard I think about an elder Jew.

  • @leonbundagejr.1312
    @leonbundagejr.1312 Před 3 lety

    Thanks to you Sir

  • @aaronmonk
    @aaronmonk Před 2 lety

    "Spirituality can stand Independent of religion ", Didn't know I needed that until I heard it.

  • @douglaswilson2665
    @douglaswilson2665 Před 6 lety +3

    you are a good man!

  • @ridasz7954
    @ridasz7954 Před rokem

    תודה רבה ❤

  • @jessicavanvugt5937
    @jessicavanvugt5937 Před 4 lety

    Nice video's Dr. Twersky. 👍

  • @nayashams6845
    @nayashams6845 Před 6 lety +2

    I truly think your mother God bless her soul Dr twerski, she prayed extra during her pregnancy, that is why you become so wise. I wish I was able to hear from you the accuracy of my comment. Being wise and the humble makes you like best gem among other gem. May God bless you.

  • @je4615
    @je4615 Před 5 lety +4

    This guy is a genius!

  • @timdetmers3240
    @timdetmers3240 Před 5 lety +1

    One thing that has been lost over time is the sense of community, a sense of belonging, and that everyone had a responsibility to that community, a responsibility to each other. Also, the goal of business used to be to bring a service or product to people at a fair price, and the reward for doing that was financial success. Now the goal of business is to make money, and if that is the goal, then anything done in pursuit of that goal is good. Hence, we see widespread greed and corruption not only in business, but in government and in society in general. Things don't always get better with time. I'm afraid we are on a slippery slope heading towards chaos, and G-d forbid war.

  • @resetmyzen1585
    @resetmyzen1585 Před 4 lety +1

    Watching in 2020 I respect is wisdom

  • @jujew6082
    @jujew6082 Před 3 lety

    Blessing to the rabbi, 2020

  • @sylhomeo6351
    @sylhomeo6351 Před 4 lety +2

    Such a smart man, so glad we have him to listen to and inspire us.

  • @AliAlhussaini
    @AliAlhussaini Před 4 lety +1

    I’m speechless

  • @hineni53
    @hineni53 Před 13 lety +10

    Sometimes religion can be devoid of spirituality and one can get lost in the ritualism of it.

  • @koltronik1
    @koltronik1 Před 6 lety

    I like this guy!

  • @marions.9127
    @marions.9127 Před 6 lety +3

    Dear Rabbi Twerski, I am humbled by your wisdom and appreciate the insight that you give me. I just disagree with one issue. My dog would have given his life for me. He refused to eat, drink or go outside when my mom had a heart attack. He was more loyal and caring than most humans would have been, so I can't deny the devine spark in his soul.

    • @natman0707
      @natman0707 Před 6 lety +1

      Marion Sepic your dog, as adorable as it sounds, does not have a choice. It is merely a animal/physical or sytematic reaction triggered by your behaviour. We, human, can be treated with most care and love and can still make a choice not to be grateful in return - or the opposite. If i will provoke your dog it will try to bite me and won't try to understand and overcome the natural reaction. I think.

  • @leesher1845
    @leesher1845 Před 2 lety

    Rabbi Twerski was also a psychiatrist who founded a rehabilitation center in Pittsburgh.

  • @mysticbluelight5872
    @mysticbluelight5872 Před 5 lety +16

    I wish he could talk to my partner. Who lives his life chasing superficiality 😞

  • @user-mc5yy6xx9x
    @user-mc5yy6xx9x Před 5 lety +1

    Khol ha kavod
    Very wise

  • @inawises
    @inawises Před 9 lety +25

    I'm agree he is Brilliant!

  • @Sandmanofamarillo
    @Sandmanofamarillo Před 12 lety +1

    it yields

  • @michellemilner3375
    @michellemilner3375 Před 3 lety

    Saved my life.Thank you.Hashem bless you.SG MM 2610

  • @oliviapetrinidimonforte6640

    Yes; my mother used to say that

  • @TheAncientVessel
    @TheAncientVessel Před 7 lety +1

    beautiful

  • @blisswkc3344
    @blisswkc3344 Před 3 lety

    Thank y'all so much dearest 🌹
    Y'all such an inspiration 🥰
    Appreciate y'all from the bottom of my heart 💖
    Be Blissful Eternally 🙏👼🌈

  • @wiwlarue4097
    @wiwlarue4097 Před 4 lety +2

    I appreciate what he says about life in general. His advices are useful to anyone who wishes to become something more. This is not to argue and I imagine him gladly have a friendly debate with me or anyone on whether what he says on animals is true or false but in my view animals do help each other; for example they nurture and protect orphaned toddlers within the herd and yes sometimes they are there to nurture the infants of a totally different kind. Besides, while animals don't consciously look to improve themselfes, they do improve the same way we do through experience. The difference is that we are able to consciously control conscientious self improvement to some extent.

  • @888ssss
    @888ssss Před rokem +2

    being like an animal is existing.
    being spiritual like a human is living.

  • @skullncrossbonesxD
    @skullncrossbonesxD Před 7 lety +11

    This guy is so clever

    • @luball416
      @luball416 Před 7 lety +2

      Kai Sui wisdom more than clever 😉

    • @fatimahamid7186
      @fatimahamid7186 Před 5 lety +1

      smart* not clever

    • @thomasjansen9822
      @thomasjansen9822 Před 5 lety

      @@fatimahamid7186 As an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher in Thailand, I learned that clever is the translation of an Asian word that means smart. (Probably Chinese as well.)

  • @dontworrywegotplantyoftime3836

    I ADORE THE TALKING OF THESE HUMAN VERE VEREY KNOLAGEBLE BEEN

  • @berliozviolist
    @berliozviolist Před 13 lety +1

    @sussch What he's saying is that spirituality is spirituality and religion is religion. Religion possesses spirituality inherently--when the concepts of the religion are valued in the first place. But even those who don't believe in religion (remember: Rabbi Twerski dealt most of his career with people who had some problems including with religion) can still tap into spirituality because we so differ from animals, etc. His idea here is to promote spirituality, not necessarily religion.

  • @lillian62
    @lillian62 Před 3 lety

    3/22/2021. ❤

  • @jimbartz1356
    @jimbartz1356 Před 6 lety +5

    I have seen elephants save the life of another species, not family nothing to her but a suffering creature that could not save itself. This was a moving experience. But I'm not disagreeing with what the Rabbi has said.

    • @Advection357
      @Advection357 Před 6 lety

      Animals do it out of instinct...
      What he means is beyond that, it's planning & thinking about taking those actions... not merely reacting when the situation arises, like in the case of animals saving other animals or humans. When you find a dolphin running a drowned swimmer help club, let me know :P

  • @susiesalter5290
    @susiesalter5290 Před 6 lety

    Thankuxxxxxxc

  • @nayashams6845
    @nayashams6845 Před 6 lety

    Your are a very wise person. I like to know which of your parents were wise. My both parents were and are wise, but I didn't, t inherited from them. 3 of my siblings are inherited from them. My both parental and maternal grandparents were very wise. How I ended up being so simple, but smart. Not wise. God bless you.

  • @Sandmanofamarillo
    @Sandmanofamarillo Před 12 lety

    even pursuit of conceptual application doesn't implicate spiritual involvement

  • @DJK-cq2uy
    @DJK-cq2uy Před 2 lety

    Wisdom

  • @unionboilercompany3738
    @unionboilercompany3738 Před 4 lety +7

    Sorry animals do help
    Seeing eye dogs and other helper type dogs

  • @votedfortrump7949
    @votedfortrump7949 Před 3 lety

    May he rip

  • @berliozviolist
    @berliozviolist Před 12 lety

    Ideally, it's supposed to.

  • @youtubew.9256
    @youtubew.9256 Před 4 lety +1

    One point - dolphins have been known to help drowning people.

  • @yunisabah8142
    @yunisabah8142 Před 4 lety

    Can anyone help me with names of his books

  • @knolselderij
    @knolselderij Před 5 lety +3

    some animal do help others.

  • @Tenxprofits
    @Tenxprofits Před 6 lety +1

    My dog knows whats right and whats wrong. I knew he was human lol

  • @teresemariecloonan.c7739

    Television and magazines

  • @svnblm
    @svnblm Před 3 měsíci

    He is an incarnation of Buddha !

  • @Sandmanofamarillo
    @Sandmanofamarillo Před 12 lety +1

    practice of a religion does not inherently implicate spiritual involvement

  • @johnguslen9315
    @johnguslen9315 Před 3 lety

    Many of the things he claims about animals are simply not true.
    Animals do build relationships. They do practice to better themselves. They can make decisions of what´s right and wrong. etc etc
    But yes, we are very refined animals so of course we have a greater element of awareness attached to those traits. A language to express it more easily. And a tendency to be very impressed with ourselves and boost our egos. Part of our evolutionary path. And, sometimes, a curse. Like everything.

  • @lubaman451
    @lubaman451 Před 9 lety +7

    I wish I can't talk to him in real life.

  • @achieverbas6104
    @achieverbas6104 Před 6 lety

    Is it enough to be the best human being you can Rabbi? If a person believes in multi Gods or no God is it really enough?

  • @wingate87zero25
    @wingate87zero25 Před 4 lety

    i am father of the god jesus christ thank you

  • @BornIIfly
    @BornIIfly Před 4 lety

    If the earth could speak, it‘ll tell us, „You humans are just like animals even worse.“

  • @user-ie4nk7rz9r
    @user-ie4nk7rz9r Před 4 lety

    and what makes us like animals? being selfish, being bad to each other and ext. you are never spiritual when u r dush but a lot of us says they're (spirirual) but they dont, they're much close to behave like animals.

  • @milivojelancuski2391
    @milivojelancuski2391 Před 5 lety

    Svaka čast Abrahamu Tverskom i ne mogu obožavati njega već Boga / Hašem/ iz prostog razloga pošto Bog govori preko njega kao preko proroka i postoji potencijalna opasnost da se njemu divim umesto Bogu. A njemu svaka čast služi Bogu amen.

  • @re2673
    @re2673 Před 4 lety

    He is the smartest ass ever♥️

  • @XowntXihqX
    @XowntXihqX Před 5 lety +1

    old school philosophy. homo sapiens or genus for that matter, is animal. we are distinct from other species for certain characteristics, cognitive evolution being the most significant developed through many years. from the starting point a wild genus was not all that different from let's say a dog.

  • @user-eq3bs5lq7t
    @user-eq3bs5lq7t Před 4 lety +2

    animal can help other animal

  • @caseyswansontvrdik431
    @caseyswansontvrdik431 Před 7 lety +3

    What is his book he mentioned? Anyone know? I'd like to get it!

    • @TG-sy8hf
      @TG-sy8hf Před 7 lety +1

      abrahamtwerski.com/books/

  • @Galaxyofbrian
    @Galaxyofbrian Před 6 lety +4

    Technology ⚙ should be freeing up humans too do better more meaningful human loving things but that has been lost somewhat.

  • @brsznl
    @brsznl Před 8 lety +17

    i guess he is wrong at the part "animals can not help others"
    some animals expect help from others and also some are helping eachother. did u watch the video of bear rescuing crow from the pool?
    except this silly, small detail he is awesome

    • @zoomdude44
      @zoomdude44 Před 7 lety +2

      He never said those exact words

    • @brsznl
      @brsznl Před 7 lety +1

      Zoom you can check 2:16

    • @zoomdude44
      @zoomdude44 Před 7 lety +6

      brsznl , he says animals do not seek to imrpvoe their selves, some animals may become smarter or learn tricks but they don't go out of their way to make an improvement on themselves it's all instinct and just reactions

    • @ThePolitissa
      @ThePolitissa Před 5 lety +1

      the thing is that animals might cooperate that you interpret as helping each other and they cooperate to satisfy their needs. i mean not a lion helps the other one just for the sake of helping. human beings do that: )

    • @raffihovnanian6187
      @raffihovnanian6187 Před 3 lety

      ​@@zoomdude44 Use quotation marks around the exact words that were said; and to get technical... he said "Animals don't seek to improve themselves." He didn't use the words "do not." Also, there was no mention about animals being smarter, learning tricks, or instincts.
      How did your comment help others/strangers vs. instant gratification animals get?
      I don't know @barishoca, but at least I can tell he is a human being!

  • @faza553
    @faza553 Před 7 lety +3

    As wise as his physical appearance.
    Spirituality and religion are often mutually exclusive; as Christopher Hitchens said:
    morality is not learned by commandment.

  • @Mrbp747
    @Mrbp747 Před 6 lety +1

    He said “right” 19 time lol

  • @TheJewishView
    @TheJewishView Před 14 lety

    Rabbi Twersky shlita how can you say those last few words?

  • @saskiademoor8400
    @saskiademoor8400 Před 6 lety +2

    Are u aware most people on our planet earth still live in hardship?

  • @karlmoore6354
    @karlmoore6354 Před 4 lety +1

    Animals can have empathy, one dog saved its owner from a snake, and even died doing so.

  • @newworldpvp1940
    @newworldpvp1940 Před 3 lety

    I love this man but animals do help each other.