Chaim Zanvil Abramowitz
20th-century Hasidic Rebbe born in Romania
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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]
Chaim Zanvil Abramowitz | |
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| Title | Ribnitzer Rebbe |
| Personal life | |
| Born | חיים זאנוויל אבראמאוויטש 1902 |
| Died | 18 October 1995 (92/93) Monsey, New York, U.S. |
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| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
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| Began | 1930? |
| Ended | 18 October 1995 |
Abramowitz was a prominent follower of Rabbi Avrohom Matisyohu of Shtefanesht.[3]