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== Biography ==
== Biography ==


Rabbi Povarsky was born in 1931<ref>{{cite web |title=High Holidays |url=https://mishpacha.com/high-holidays/ |website=mishpacha.com |publisher=[[Mishpacha]] |access-date=15 June 2021}}</ref> in [[Kletsk]],<ref name=Sweet>{{cite web |last=Greenbaum |first=Avraham Dov |title=Make the Torah Sweet |url=https://hamodia.com/frominyan/make-torah-sweet/ |website=Hamodia.com |publisher=[[Hamodia]] |access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref> the son of Rabbi Dovid and Chaya Tzipporah Povarsky.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bunin |first1=David |title=Rabbi Yehoshua Dovid Povarsky |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Rabii-Yehoshua-Dovid-Povarsky/6000000010460770805 |website=geni.com |publisher=[[Geni.com]] |access-date=15 June 2021}}</ref> When he was three months old, the family moved to [[Baranavichy|Baranovich]] where R' Dovid became a [[maggid shiur|teacher]] in [[Yeshiva Ohel Torah-Baranovich]]<ref name=Sweet/> and joined its affiliated ''[[kollel]].'' During this period, Baruch Dov learned in the city's local ''[[cheder]]''.<ref name=Eyes>{{cite journal |last1=Geberer |first1=Yehuda |last2=Safier |first2=Dovi |title=Eyes that Saw Angels |journal=[[Mishpacha]] |date=March 23, 2021 |issue=854 |pages=212, 213}}</ref> 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.<ref name=Eyes/> From their, they emigated to [[Mandatory Palestine]], where R' Dovid was soon appointed rosh yeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak.<ref>{{cite web |title=RABBI DOVID POVARSKY (1902-1999) |url=https://www.rabbimeirbaalhaneis.com/Rabbi%20Dovid%20Povarsky.asp |website=rabbimeirbaalhaneis.com |access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref> In Palestine, he learned in Yeshivas Ohr HaTalmud and Yeshivas Achei Temimim, 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.<ref name=Sweet/>
Rabbi Povarsky was born in 1931<ref>{{cite web |title=High Holidays |url=https://mishpacha.com/high-holidays/ |website=mishpacha.com |publisher=[[Mishpacha]] |access-date=15 June 2021}}</ref> in [[Kletsk]],<ref name=Sweet>{{cite web |last=Greenbaum |first=Avraham Dov |title=Make the Torah Sweet |url=https://hamodia.com/frominyan/make-torah-sweet/ |website=Hamodia.com |publisher=[[Hamodia]] |access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref> the son of Rabbi Dovid and Chaya Tzipporah Povarsky.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bunin |first1=David |title=Rabbi Yehoshua Dovid Povarsky |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Rabii-Yehoshua-Dovid-Povarsky/6000000010460770805 |website=geni.com |publisher=[[Geni.com]] |access-date=15 June 2021}}</ref> When he was three months old, the family moved to [[Baranavichy|Baranovich]] where R' Dovid became a [[maggid shiur|teacher]] in [[Yeshiva Ohel Torah-Baranovich]]<ref name=Sweet/> and joined its affiliated ''[[kollel]].'' During this period, Baruch Dov learned in the city's local ''[[cheder]]''.<ref name=Eyes>{{cite journal |last1=Geberer |first1=Yehuda |last2=Safier |first2=Dovi |title=Eyes that Saw Angels |journal=[[Mishpacha]] |date=March 23, 2021 |issue=854 |pages=212, 213}}</ref> 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.<ref name=Eyes/> From their, they emigated to [[Mandatory Palestine]], where R' Dovid was soon appointed rosh yeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak.<ref>{{cite web |title=RABBI DOVID POVARSKY (1902-1999) |url=https://www.rabbimeirbaalhaneis.com/Rabbi%20Dovid%20Povarsky.asp |website=rabbimeirbaalhaneis.com |access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref> In Palestine, 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.<ref name=Sweet/>


Rabbi Baruch Dov Povarsky began teaching in the Ponevezh Yeshiva in 1953,<ref name=Sweet/> and after the death of the rosh yeshiva, Rabbi [[Elazar Menachem Man Shach]], he became rosh yeshiva.
Rabbi Baruch Dov Povarsky began teaching in the Ponevezh Yeshiva in 1953,<ref name=Sweet/> and after the death of the rosh yeshiva, Rabbi [[Elazar Menachem Man Shach]], he became rosh yeshiva.

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Rabbi
Baruch Dov Povarsky
ברוך דוב פאווארסקי
Personal
Born1931
Kletzk, Second Polish Republic
present-day Belarus
ReligionJudaism
Nationality Israel
Parents
  • Rabbi Dovid Povarsky (father)
  • Chaya Tzipporah Povarsky (née Kreiser) (mother)
DenominationHaredi Judaism
Alma materPonevezh Yeshiva
Jewish leader
PredecessorRabbi Elazar Shach
PositionRosh yeshiva
YeshivaPonevezh Yeshiva
OrganisationMoetzes Gedolei HaTorah

Rabbi Baruch Dov Povarsky, often referred to as Rabbi Berel Povarsky, is the rosh yeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, Israel, alongside Rabbi Gershon Edelstein.[1]

Biography

Rabbi Povarsky was born in 1931[2] in Kletsk,[3] the son of Rabbi Dovid and Chaya Tzipporah Povarsky.[4] 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.[5] 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.[5] From their, they emigated to Mandatory Palestine, where R' Dovid was soon appointed rosh yeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak.[6] In Palestine, 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

  • Bad Kodesh[7]
  • Bad Kodesh al HaTorah[8]
  • Shiurei HaGRaBaD Povarsky[9]

References

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