Chaim Zanvil Abramowitz

Chaim Zanvl Abramowitz (1902, Botoşani - October 18, 1995), known as the Ribnitzer Rebbe , was considered a great Hasidic tzadik and miracle worker from Rybnitsa (now in Transnistria , Moldova ). Abramowitz was a prominent follower of Rabbi Avrohom Matisyohu of Shtefanesht . He lived in the USSR under Stalin 's rule, yet lived a fully Jewish religious life. He served as mohel and shochet . He fasted very often, and immersed himself many times daily in water that was sometimes only accessible by chopping away very thick ice. His Tikkun Chatzos (midnight prayer service) in sackcloth and ashes regularly lasted 6–7 hours, sometimes stretching as long as 12. He cried so much during Tikkun Chatzos that when he was done, the tears and ashes mingled so that he was sitting in mud. The Russian gentiles feared and revered him. The KGB brought their wives and children for blessings and experienced miracles. He left Russia in 1970 and moved to the Mattersdorf section of Jerusalem , where he lived for a few years before moving to the United States . He lived in Miami , Los Angeles , Boro Park , Seagate, Brooklyn , and finally settled in Monsey, New York . He is buried in the Vizhnitzer Cemetery.

Rav Chaim Zanvl Abramowitz ( , ), known as the Ribnitzer Rebbe (ריבניצער רבי), was considered a great Hasidic tzadik and miracle worker from Rybnitsa (now in Transnistria , Moldova ). Rav Abramowitz was a prominent follower of Rabbi Avrohom Matisyohu of Shtefanesht . He lived in the USSR under Joseph Stalin 's rule and lived a fully Jewish religious life. He served as mohel and shochet . He fasted very often, and immersed himself many times daily in water that was sometimes only accessible by chopping away very thick ice. His Tikkun Chatzos (midnight prayer service) in sackcloth and ashes regularly lasted 6–7 hours, sometimes stretching as long as 12. He cried so much during Tikkun Chatzos that when he was done, the tears and ashes mingled so that he was sitting in mud. The Russian gentiles feared and revered him. The KGB brought their wives and children for blessings and experienced miracles. He left Russia in 1970 and moved to the Mattersdorf section of Jerusalem , where he lived for a few years before moving to the United States . He lived in Miami , Los Angeles , Boro Park , Seagate, Brooklyn , and finally settled in Monsey, New York . He is buried in the Vizhnitzer Cemetery.

Chaim Zanvl Abramowitz ( , , born 1902 – died 18 October 1995), was known as the Ribnitzer Rebbe ( ), and considered a great Hasidic tzadik from Rybnitsa (present-day Transnistria , Moldova ). Others, including singer Mordechai Ben David , who was the rabbi's close adviser, maintain that he was born in 1893, making him 102 at the time of his passing. Abramowitz was a prominent follower of Rabbi Avrohom Matisyohu of Shtefanesht . He managed to live a fully Jewish religious life even under Stalin 's rule. He served as mohel and shochet . He often fasted and immersed himself many times daily in water that was sometimes only accessible by chopping away very thick ice. His Tikkun Chatzos (midnight prayer service) in sackcloth and ashes regularly lasted 6–7 hours, sometimes stretching as long as 12. He cried so much during Tikkun Chatzos that when he was done, the tears and ashes mingled so that he was sitting in mud. Abramowitz left the Soviet Union in 1970 and moved to the Mattersdorf section of Jerusalem , where he lived for a few years before moving to the United States . He lived in Miami , Los Angeles , and Sea Gate, Brooklyn , before he finally settled in Monsey, New York , where he died on Isru Chag ( Succos ). He was believed to be 92 or 93 years old. He is buried in the Vizhnitzer Cemetery. Nearly 30,000 people visited his gravesite on his 23rd yahrtzeit.

20th-century Hasidic Rebbe born in Romania Chaim Zanvil Abramowitz ( Yiddish : חיים זאנוויל אבראמאוויטש ‎ , Hebrew : חיים זנוויל אברהמוביץ , 1902 – 18 October 1995) was known as the Ribnitzer Rebbe ( ריבניצער רבי ‎), 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. Abramowitz was a prominent follower of Rabbi Avrohom Matisyohu of Shtefanesht . The Reibnitzer pronunciation is also supported by the Hebrew letters) Hoffman, Yair (3 October 2010).