Dovid Povarsky
{{short description|Rosh Yeshiva of Ponevezh Yeshiva}}
{{Infobox religious biography
| name = Yehoshua Dovid Povarsky
| image = R' Dovid Povarsky.jpg
| caption = Rav Yehoshua Dovid Povarsky
| birth_date = 1902
| birth_place = Lithuania
| death_date = {{death year and age|1999|1902}}
| death_place =
| father =
| mother =
| spouse = Tzipporah Kreiser
| children = Baruch Dov Povarsky and others
| occupation = Rosh Yeshiva
| known_for = Ponevezh Yeshiva
| education = Kelm Talmud Torah, Mir Yeshiva, Kovno
| works = Yeshuas Dovid, Shiurei Reb Dovid Povarsky, Yishmeru Da'as
| religion = Judaism
| native_name = יהושע דוד פוברסקי
| native name lang = he
}}
Yehoshua Dovid Povarsky ({{langx|he|יהושע דוד פוברסקי}}; 1902–1999) was Rosh Yeshiva of Ponevezh Yeshiva.
Biography
Povarsky studied in the Kelm Talmud Torah under Yeruchom Levovitz{{cite web |title=Dei'ah veDibur - Information & Insight - NEWS - Senior Officials of Upper Beitar |url=http://chareidi.shemayisrael.com/archives5759/vayikro/pvrsky.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905063833/http://chareidi.shemayisrael.com/archives5759/vayikro/pvrsky.htm |archivedate=5 September 2008}} whom he followed when Levovitz went to work at Mir Yeshiva,{{cite web |title=Dei'ah veDibur - Information & Insight - OPINION & COMMENT |url=http://chareidi.shemayisrael.com/archives5759/eikev/oekev.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050325103224/http://chareidi.shemayisrael.com/archives5759/eikev/oekev.htm |archivedate=25 March 2005}} where Povarsky was Yechiel Michel Feinstein's roommate.{{cite web |title=Torah - Stories - Rav Yechiel Michel Feinstein - Rav Moshe Feinstein's |url=http://www.revach.net/article.php?id=3737 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724033906/http://www.revach.net/article.php?id=3737 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 24, 2011 |website=Revach.net}}
He married Tzipporah Kreiser,{{cite book |last1=Shain |first1=Ruchoma |title=All for the Boss: The Life and Impact of R' Yaakov Yosef Herman, a Torah Pioneer in America : an Affectionate Family Chronicle |date=2001 |publisher=Feldheim Publishers |isbn=9781583304709 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QdxHnvnHdtMC&q=%22Dovid+Povarsky%22&pg=PA61 |language=en}} after which he studied under Elchonon Wasserman in Kovno.
Several of his sons became rabbis, including Baruch Dov Povarsky, his successor as rosh yeshiva.{{cite web |title=Make the Torah Sweet |url=https://hamodia.com/frominyan/make-torah-sweet/ |website=Hamodia.com|accessdate= April 22, 2019}}
Works
References
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Category:People from Bnei Brak
Category:Haredi rabbis in Israel