Avraham Ravitz was born in 1934 in Tel Aviv .
He served in the IDF and studied at the Hebron Rabbinical College, and was ordained as a rabbi.
Avraham Ravitz has been a Member of Knesset since 1988. He has been a member of the following Knesset Committees: Finance; Constitution, Law and Justice; Education and Culture; Immigration and Absorption; Anti-Drug Abuse; Foreign Affairs & Defense; and Economics. In the 14th Knesset he chaired the Finance Committee. He has also been a member of the Parliamentary Inquiry Committee for the Location and Restitution of Property of Holocaust Victims and the Special Committee for Discussion of the Security Service Law.
From June 1990 until July 1992 Ravitz served as Deputy Minister of Housing and Construction, and from April 2001 until February 2003 as Deputy Minister of Education.
In March 2005 Avraham Ravitz was appointed Deputy Minister of Social Affairs.
He is married and has 12 children.