Baruch Dov Povarsky

Rabbi Baruch Dov Povarsky (born August 17, 1931), commonly called Rav Berel Povarsky, is the rosh yeshiva of the Ponovezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, Israel.

Rabbi

Baruch Dov Povarsky

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Personal
Born (1931-08-17) August 17, 1931
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Kletsk, Second Polish Republic
ReligionJudaism
SpouseLeah Povarsky (née Kaplan)
ChildrenRabbi Yerucham Povarsky
Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Povarsky
Rabbi Binyamin Povarsky
Mrs. Chasya Berman
Mrs. Chava Soloveitchik
Rabbi Yisrael Chaim Povarsky
Mrs. Rivka Gurwicz
Rabbi Shalom Povarsky
Parents
  • Rabbi Dovid Povarsky (father)
  • Tziporah Povarsky (née Kreiser) (mother)
DenominationUltra-Orthodox Judaism
Alma materYeshivas Chevron
Yeshivas Ponovezh
Jewish leader
PredecessorRabbi Shmuel Rozovsky
Rabbi Dovid Povarsky
Rabbi Elazar Menachem Man Shach
PositionRosh Yeshiva
YeshivaPonovezh Yeshiva
Began2001
Main workBa'ad Kodesh

Biography

Rabbi Baruch Dov Povarsky was born on August 17, 1931[1] in Kletsk, Poland, now part of Belarus. His father was Rabbi Dovid Povarsky. When he was three months old, his family moved to Baranovich where his father got a teaching position in the yeshiva of Rabbi Elchanan Wasserman, Yeshivas Ohel Torah. When he was ten, his family emigrated to Eretz Yisrael, then the British Mandate of Palestine, where he studied at Yeshivas Ohr Hatalmud and Yeshivas Achei Temimim. In 1943, he went to learn at the Chevron Yeshiva in Jerusalem, and after his father was appointed as rosh yeshiva in the Ponevezh Yeshiva, he went to study there.[2]

In 1954, after his marriage to Leah Kaplan (daughter of Rabbi Yisrael Chaim Kaplan), Rabbi Povarsky was appointed maggid shiur in Ponovezh, where he taught under the leadership of his father, Rabbi Elazar Menachem Man Shach, and Rabbi Shmuel Rozovsky. After the three roshei yeshiva passed away, Rabbi Povarsky and Rabbi Gershon Edelstein became the roshei yeshiva. His students published a summary of his classes, titles Shiurei HaGRaBaD Povarsky. Rabbi Povarsky is also a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah in Israel.

Yeshivas Ponovezh in Bnei Brak
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gollark: Interesting.
gollark: Actually, no, you can just mine it on the moon.
gollark: It would be very funny, since I dislike DE.
gollark: Assuming I can resolve some minor issues like "how do I set up the ritual without utter apification of it by chaos" can be resolved, I may *actually* become the first person on here to beat the chaos guardian.

References
  1. Ehrlich, Aryeh. "High Holidays". Mishpacha.com. Mishpacha Family Weekly.
  2. "Make the Torah Sweet". Hamodia.com.
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