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He lived in the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics under Joseph Stalin"s rule and lived a fully Jewish religious life. He served as mohel and shochet. He fasted very often, and immersed himself many times daily in water that was sometimes only accessible by chopping away very thick ice.
His Tikkun Chatzos (midnight prayer service) in sackcloth and ashes regularly lasted 6–7 hours, sometimes stretching as long as 12.
He cried so much during Tikkun Chatzos that when he was done, the tears and ashes mingled so that he was sitting in mud. The Russian gentiles feared and revered him.
He left Russia in 1970 and moved to the Mattersdorf section of Jerusalem, where he lived for a few years before moving to the United States. He lived in Miami, Los Angeles, Boro Park, Seagate, Brooklyn, and finally settled in Monsey, New New York
Rav Abramowitz died on Isru Chag Succos, 1995, in Monsey, New New York
He is buried in the Vizhnitzer Cemetery. There is a Yeshiva in monsey that is named after him Talmud Torah Tashbar Nachlas Chaim over 600 children attend this yeshiva
They are currently building a campus where he lived on 55 Old Nyack Tpk
His Gravesite has turned into a place for prayer where thousands gather on specific days especially on his yurtzit.
