Chaim Zanvil Abramowitz

{{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}}),The Reibnitzer pronunciation is also supported by the Hebrew letters) 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.{{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}}

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