Editing Yechezkel Abramsky (section)

== Life History ==
Rabbi Abramsky was born in the village of Dashkavtzi in the Grodno district on 6 Adar 5646. He studied in the Novardok Yeshiva under the Saba and elevated himself in Torah study with wonderful diligence. In 5663 he received rabbinical ordination from the Gaon, author of the [[Yechiel Michel HaLevi Epstein|Aruch HaShulchan]]. In 5664, he began studying at the Telz Yeshiva and became known as "the Iluy from Mast," and in 5667 he transferred to the Rameilis Yeshiva in Vilna. On Rosh Chodesh Tammuz 5669, he married the daughter of Rabbi Yisrael Yehonatan Yerushamski, son-in-law of the Ridvaz.

In 5670, he spent several months in the company of Rabbi Chaim of Brisk, and was very close to him. In 5672, he was accepted as rabbi and Av Beis Din in the city of Smilian, in 5674 in the city of Smalavitch, and in 5683 he ascended to the rabbinical seat in the Torah city of Slutzk, taking the place of Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer. In all the places where he served as rabbi, he dedicated himself to strengthening Torah study and mitzvah observance, and even worked from his location to strengthen Jewish communities throughout Russia.

In 5685, he published the first volume of his book Chazon Yechezkel on the Tosefta, and in 5687 he was one of the editors of the Torah journal Yagdil Torah together with Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin.

In 5688, he was appointed to be the rabbi of Petach Tikva, but the Russian authorities prevented his departure. On Rosh Chodesh Elul 5690, he was arrested and sentenced to ten years of imprisonment and hard labor in a detention camp in the Ural Mountains. After much intervention by Rabbi Chaim Ozer, an agreement was made between the German Prime Minister and Stalin, that Germany would release six communist prisoners in exchange for him, and indeed on Erev Yom Kippur 5692, he was released from his imprisonment and a month later was expelled from Russia.

In Kislev 5692, he arrived in London. In Adar of that year, his Rebbetzin and two of his sons succeeded in leaving Russia, and only five years later did the Russians release the two older sons, who had remained as a guarantee that Rabbi Abramsky would not speak against the Russian authorities. Upon his arrival in London, he was appointed as a dayan and rabbi in the "Machzikei Hadas" community. In 5695, he was accepted as the Av Beis Din of London.

In 5705, he published his book "Eretz Yisrael - Nachlas Am Yisrael." In 5710, while still in London, he received the "Rav Kook Prize for Torah Literature" from the Tel Aviv municipality.

In 5711, he moved to Yerushalayim and continued writing and printing his book Chazon Yechezkel, of which he merited to print 24 volumes on the Tosefta and Shas.

He passed away in Yerushalayim on 24 Elul 5736 at the age of ninety and was buried on Har HaMenuchos.