Chaim Zanvil Abramowitz

Chaim Zanvil Abramowitz
Title	Ribnitzer Rebbe
Personal life
Born	חיים זאנוויל אבראמאוויטש 1902 Botoșani, Romania
Died	18 October 1995 (92/93) Monsey, New York, U.S.
Signature
Religious life
Religion	Judaism
Began	1930?
Ended	18 October 1995

Chaim Zanvil Abramowitz (Yiddish : חיים זאנוויל אבראמאוויטש‎, Hebrew : חיים זנוויל אברהמוביץ, 1902 – 18 October 1995) was known as the Ribnitzer Rebbe (ריבניצער רבי‎), ^[1] and considered a great Hasidic tzadik of Rîbnița (present-day Transnistria, Moldova). Others, including singer Mordechai Ben David, who was one of the rabbi's close disciples, said that he was born in 1893 and was 102 when he died. ^[2]

Abramowitz was a prominent follower of Rabbi Avrohom Matisyohu of Shtefanesht. ^[3]

References

1. The Reibnitzer pronunciation is also supported by the Hebrew letters)
2. Hoffman, Yair (3 October 2010). "Monsey, NY - Thousands Attend Gravesite of The Ribnitzer Rebbe, Noted Tzadik and Miracle Worker". Vosizneias .
3. "The Sthefaneshter Rebbes", nishmas.org; accessed 31 October 2016.

External links

• Profile,; accessed 22 June 2017.
• Video of The Ribnitzer saying sheva brachos, mahnishmah.com; accessed 22 June 2017.
• Jungreis, Esther. "There Are No Accidents ... "A story is told about the Ribnitzer Rebbe...", hineni.org; accessed 22 June 2017.
• A message from MBD, the3ms.co.uk; accessed 22 June 2017.

Further reading

• The Ribnitzer: The Life, Sanctity, and Legacy of Rav Chaim Zanvil Abramowitz, Rabbi Nachman Seltzer, 2023, Mesorah Publications, ISBN   978-1422639344