Yehoshua Dovid Povarsky (Hebrew: יהושע דוד פוברסקי; 1902–1999) was Rosh Yeshiva 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 Povarsky on various Tractates
  • Yishmeru Da'as consisting of various Mussar discourses which he delivered

References

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