Baruch Dov Povarsky

Baruch Dov Povarsky was born in 1931 in Klyetsk

Baruch Dov Povarsky was born on August 17, 1931, in Kletsk, then in Poland. He is the son of Rabbi Dovid Povarsky. When he was 3 months old, the family moved to Baranovich, where his father taught at the Ohel Torah yeshiva and Baruch Dov studied in the local cheder.

In 1941 the family fled to Vilnius and from there moved to the Land of Israel. He studied at the Ohr HaTalmud and Achei Temimim yeshivas in Tel Aviv and briefly at the Chevron Yeshiva. He then moved to the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, where his father had been appointed to teach.

Shortly after his marriage, Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman appointed him to teach at Ponevezh. He taught there for many years alongside Rabbi Gershon Edelstein. After the deaths of the senior heads, including Rabbi Elazar Menachem Man Shach, he became rosh yeshiva together with Rabbi Edelstein, who died on May 30, 2023.

He is a member of the Council of Torah Sages of Degel HaTorah. He published 2 volumes of writings by his uncle, Rabbi Aryeh Leib Malin. He is married to Leah, daughter of Rabbi Yisrael Chaim Kaplan.