Baruch Dov Povarsky
Biographical sketch of a leading Lithuanian-Chareidi rabbi in Israel
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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]
Rabbi Baruch Dov Povarsky ברוך דוב פאווארסקי | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 17 August 1931 |
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| Education | Ponevezh Yeshiva |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Denomination | Haredi Judaism |
| Jewish leader | |
| Predecessor | Rabbi Elazar Shach |
| Position | Rosh yeshiva |
| Yeshiva | Ponevezh Yeshiva |
| Organisation | Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah |
Biography
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.
