02231cam a2200229 4500 1006852165 TxAuBib 20231010120000.0 231010|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781422639344 10/1/23 $25.99 1422639347 10/1/23 $25.99 TxAuBib Seltzer, Rabbi Nachman. The Ribnitzer. 10/1/23: Brooklyn NY : Artscroll Mesorah Publications. The Life, Sanctity, and Legacy of Rav Chaim Zanvil Abramowitz "People think that I just take yeshuos from Shamayim and pass them on. The truth is I need to work very hard for a yeshuah. I put incredible amounts of work and effort into each and every petition that comes my way. Zechusim are formed by doing the will of Hashem. I gather these zechusim and store them away for when a Yid needs a yeshuah." - Rav Chaim Zanvil Abramowitz, the Ribnitzer Rebbe From the frozen forests of the Soviet Union, under the murderous eyes of the KGB, came a man of miracles, of almost unbelievable mesiras nefesh... The Ribnitzer Rav Chaim Zanvil Abramowitz, the Ribnitzer, was a tzaddik and a baal mofes. In time, he became a living legend, the address for thousands seeking berachos, first in Russia, then in Eretz Yisrael, and, eventually in America. His intense avodah included fasting, hours and hours of profound tefillah, and of course, immersion in the holy waters of the mikveh. Despite the Nazis, who occupied his town. Despite the KGB, who was determined to snuff out Yiddishkeit. Despite the desperate cold of a Russian winter, Rav Chaim Zanvil, the Ribnitzer Rebbe, would find a way. Yes, this is a story about miracles. But even more - it's the story of a man who was a miracle himself. 20231010.