Dovid Povarsky
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Yehoshua Dovid Povarsky (Hebrew: יהושע דוד פוברסקי; 1902–1999) was Rosh Yeshiva (dean) of Ponevezh Yeshiva.
Biography
Povarsky studied in the Kelm Talmud Torah under Yeruchom Levovitz[1] whom he followed when Levovitz went to work at Mir Yeshiva,[2] where Povarsky was Yechiel Michel Feinstein's roommate.[3]
He married Tzipporah Kreiser,[4] after which he studied under Elchonon Wasserman in Kovno.
Several of his sons became rabbis, including Baruch Dov Povarsky, his successor as rosh yeshiva.[5]
Works
- Yeshuas Dovid (7 volumes)
- Shiurei Reb Dovid Pavarsky on various Tractates
- Yishmeru Da'as consisting of various Mussar discourses which he delivered
References
- ^ "Dei'ah veDibur - Information & Insight - NEWS - Senior Officials of Upper Beitar". Archived from the original on 5 September 2008.
- ^ "Dei'ah veDibur - Information & Insight - OPINION & COMMENT". Archived from the original on 25 March 2005.
- ^ "Torah - Stories - Rav Yechiel Michel Feinstein - Rav Moshe Feinstein's". Revach.net.
- ^ Shain, Ruchoma (2001). All for the Boss: The Life and Impact of R' Yaakov Yosef Herman, a Torah Pioneer in America : an Affectionate Family Chronicle. Feldheim Publishers. ISBN 9781583304709.
- ^ "Make the Torah Sweet". Hamodia.com. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
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Ponevezh Yeshiva
- Yitzhak Yaakov Rabinovich - founded yeshiva in 1908 in Ponevezh, Lithuania
- Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman - re-established yeshiva in Bnei Brak, Israel.
- Shlomo Berman
- Dovid Povarsky
- Shmuel Rozovsky
- Elazar Menachem Shach
- Baruch Dov Povarsky
- Gershon Edelstein