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{{short description|20th-century Hasidic Rebbe born in Romania}}
{{Infobox rebbe
| title = Ribnitzer Rebbe
| image = Ribnitz.gif
| caption = 
| began = 1930?
| ended = 18 October 1995
| birth_name = חיים זאנוויל אבראמאוויטש
| 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 Zanvil Abramowitz''' ({{langx|yi|{{Script/Hebrew|חיים זאנוויל אבראמאוויטש}}}}, {{langx|he|חיים זנוויל אברהמוביץ}}, 1902 – 18 October 1995) was known as the ''Ribnitzer Rebbe'' ({{Script/Hebrew|ריבניצער רבי}}),<ref>The Reibnitzer pronunciation is also supported by the Hebrew letters)</ref> and considered a great [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic]] ''[[tzadik]]'' from [[Rîbnița|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.<ref name=Thou1>{{cite web |url=http://www.vosizneias.com/65205/2010/10/03/monsey-ny-thousands-to-attend-gravesite-of-the-ribnitzer-rebbe-noted-tzadik-and-miracle-worker |title=Monsey, NY - Thousands Attend Gravesite of The Ribnitzer Rebbe, Noted Tzadik and Miracle Worker |first=Yair |last=Hoffman |date=3 October 2010 |work=[[Vosizneias]]}}</ref>

Abramowitz was a prominent follower of Rabbi Avrohom Matisyohu of [[Shtefanesht (Hasidic dynasty)|Shtefanesht]].<ref>[http://www.nishmas.org/gdynasty/chapt9.htm "The Sthefaneshter Rebbes"], nishmas.org; accessed 31 October 2016.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120606044948/http://ribnitz.org/ Profile],; accessed 22 June 2017. 
* [https://archive.today/20130128205135/http://www.mahnishmah.com/system/scripts/modules/admin/pages/show_page.cgi?p=6971 Video of The Ribnitzer saying sheva brachos], mahnishmah.com; accessed 22 June 2017.
* [[Esther Jungreis|Jungreis, Esther]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928025415/http://www.hineni.org/rcolumn_view.asp?id=19&category=1 "There Are No Accidents ... "A story is told about the Ribnitzer Rebbe..."], hineni.org; accessed 22 June 2017.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070629064427/http://www.the3ms.co.uk/about.htm ''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}}
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