Baruch Dov Povarsky

Rabbi Baruch Dov Povarsky (, born 17 August 1931), often referred to as Rabbi Berel Povarsky , 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.

Biography

Rabbi Povarsky was born in 1931 in Kletsk. When he was three months old, the family moved to Baranovich where R' Dovid became a teacher in Yeshiva Ohel Torah-Baranovich 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. 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. Bad Kodesh al HaTorah Shiurei HaGRaBaD Povarsky