Avrohom Dovid Niznik (; February 8, 1921 – November 30, 2006) was a Canadian rabbi and rosh yeshiva, who served as Chief Rabbi of Montreal from 1998 until his death. Born in

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, he arrived in Montreal in 1953 after serving as rosh yeshiva in

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and

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