Bidspirit auction | (CHASSIDISM). R. Chaim Zanvil Abramowitz.

(CHASSIDISM). R. Chaim Zanvil Abramowitz. Hantuch -  Personal Mikve Towel used by the Ribnitzer Rebbe. R. Chaim Zanvil Abramowitz (1902-95), was one of the 20th-century’s great Chassidic Rabbis and considered by many as a miracle-worker. He hailed from Rybnitsa (now Moldova) and was a devoted follower of R. Avrohom Matisyahu of Shtefanesht, grandson of R. Yisroel of Ruzhin. He remained in the Soviet Union living a fully Chassidic life until 1972, when he moved to Israel and then the United States. Following his death in 1996, his grave in Rockland County, New York, is a site of pilgrimage for many thousands throughout the year. Throughout the ages, the great Chassidic Masters yearned to inherit the personal belongings of prior Tzadikim. This is attributed to the B’aal Shem Tov, as recorded by his grandson, the Degel Machaneh Ephraim: “I heard from my grandfather… All that a man owns… even his personal possessions… are all sparks that draw from the root of his soul…” Provenance Note from Aharon Moshe Vager.