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Baruch Dov Povarsky
ברוך דוב פאווארסקי
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Religion Judaism
Denomination Haredi Judaism
Alma mater Ponevezh Yeshiva
Personal
Nationality  Israel
Born 1931
Kletzk, Second Polish Republic
present-day Belarus
Parents
  • Rabbi Dovid Povarsky (father)
  • Chaya Tzipporah Povarsky (née Kreiser) (mother)
Senior posting
Predecessor Rabbi Elazar Shach
Position Rosh yeshiva
Yeshiva Ponevezh Yeshiva
Organisation Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah

Rabbi Baruch Dov Povarsky, often referred to as Rabbi Berel Povarsky, is rosh yeshiva of one of the two divisions of 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.

Biography

Rabbi Povarsky was born in 1931 in Kletsk, the son of Rabbi Dovid and Chaya Tzipporah Povarsky. When he was three months old, the family moved to Baranovich where R' Dovid became a teacher in Yeshiva Ohel Torah-Baranovich and joined its affiliated kollel. During this period, Baruch Dov learned in the city's local cheder. 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. From there, they emigrated to Israel, where R' Dovid was soon appointed rosh yeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak. 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.

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

Works

  • Bad Kodesh
  • Bad Kodesh al HaTorah
  • Shiurei HaGRaBaD Povarsky
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