Chaim Zanvl Abramowitz Explained

Ribnitzer Rebbe
Began:	1930?
Ended:	18 October 1995
Birth Name:	Chaim Zanvl Abramowitz
Birth Date:	1902
Birth Place:	Botoşani, Romania
Date Of Death:	18 October 1995 (92/93)
Place Of Death:	Monsey, New York, U.S.
Signature:	Rivnitza Rebbe's signature.svg

Chaim Zanvl Abramowitz (yi|{{Script/Hebrew|חיים זאנוויל אבראמאוויטש, he|חיים זנוויל אברהמוביץ, born 1902 – died 18 October 1995) was known as the Ribnitzer Rebbe,^[1] and considered a great Hasidic tzadik from Rybnitsa (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]

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.

Notes and References

1. The Reibnitzer pronunciation is also supported by the Hebrew letters)
2. Web site: Monsey, NY - Thousands Attend Gravesite of The Ribnitzer Rebbe, Noted Tzadik and Miracle Worker . Yair . Hoffman . 3 October 2010 . Vosizneias.
3. http://www.nishmas.org/gdynasty/chapt9.htm "The Sthefaneshter Rebbes"