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Biographical sketch of a leading Lithuanian-Chareidi rabbi in Israel
Rabbi
Baruch Dov Povarsky
ברוך דוב פאווארסקי
Personal life
Born (1931-08-17) 17 August 1931 (age 94)
Kletzk, Second Polish Republic
present-day Belarus
Parent
EducationPonevezh Yeshiva
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
DenominationHaredi Judaism
Jewish leader
PredecessorRabbi Elazar Shach
PositionRosh yeshiva
YeshivaPonevezh Yeshiva
OrganisationMoetzes Gedolei HaTorah

Rabbi Baruch Dov Povarsky (Hebrew: ברוך דוב פוברסקי, born 17 August 1931), often referred to as Rabbi Berel Povarsky (Yiddish: בערל פאווארסקי), is a rosh yeshiva in the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, Israel. He served alongside Rabbi Gershon Edelstein in this role until the latter's death on 30 May 2023.[1]

Biography

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Rabbi Povarsky was born in 1931[2] in Kletsk.[3] When he was three months old, the family moved to Baranovich where R' Dovid became a teacher in Yeshiva Ohel Torah-Baranovich[3] and joined its affiliated kollel. During this period, Baruch Dov learned in the city's local cheder.[4] In 1941, escaping the Nazi-Soviet threats in Baranovich (then part of Poland), the Povarskys escaped to Vilnius, Lithuania together with thousands of other refugees.[4] From there, they emigrated to Israel, where R' Dovid was soon appointed rosh yeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak.[5] In Israel, he learned in Yeshivas Ohr HaTalmud and Yeshivas Achei Temimim, and in 1943, for a short stint in the Chevron Yeshiva. However, shortly after becoming rosh yeshiva in Ponevezh, R' Dovid brought his son to learn there.[3]

Rabbi Baruch Dov Povarsky began teaching in the Ponevezh Yeshiva in 1953,[3] and after the death of the rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Elazar Menachem Man Shach, he became rosh yeshiva.

Works

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  • Bad Kodesh[6]
  • Bad Kodesh al HaTorah[7]
  • Shiurei HaGRaBaD Povarsky[8]

References

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  1. ""The Greatest Yeshivah Faculty of All Time?"". Mishpacha.com. Mishpacha. July 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  2. "High Holidays". mishpacha.com. Mishpacha. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Greenbaum, Avraham Dov. "Make the Torah Sweet". Hamodia.com. Hamodia. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  4. 1 2 Geberer, Yehuda; Safier, Dovi (March 23, 2021). "Eyes that Saw Angels". Mishpacha (854): 212, 213.
  5. "RABBI DOVID POVARSKY (1902-1999)". rabbimeirbaalhaneis.com. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  6. Goldberger, Rabbi Kalman. "Bitachon!: To Realize How Much Your Father Really Cares ..." books.google.com. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  7. פוברסקי, ברוך דוב (2001). "בד קודש: על התורה בראשית־שמות - ברוך דוב פוברסקי". books.google.com. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  8. "Shiurei HaGrabad Povarsky - Masechta Bava Metzia". www.greenfieldjudaica.com. Greenfield Judaica. Retrieved 11 December 2020.