Rabbi Abraham Zvi Greenvald, was born in Lodz, Poland.
When he was 17, he was in Warsaw at the wedding of the future 7th Rebbe,Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson whom he personally met.
This meeting, my father would later realize, would portend much in the future. A youth of about 17, my father arrived at the wedding together with his relative and teacher, Rabbi Menachem Zemba. On the morning after, Rabbi Zemba told him he was going to visit the bridegroom in the hotel, and if my father wished, he could accompany him. Understandably, my father agreed. My father could not remember and repeat all that the two spoke about, but he did remember well the end of the conversation, before these two personalities parted ways.
This meeting, my father would later realize, would portend much in the future. A youth of about 17, my father arrived at the wedding together with his relative and teacher, Rabbi Menachem Zemba. On the morning after, Rabbi Zemba told him he was going to visit the bridegroom in the hotel, and if my father wished, he could accompany him. Understandably, my father agreed. My father could not remember and repeat all that the two spoke about, but he did remember well the end of the conversation, before these two personalities parted ways.