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Ponevezh Yeshiva, often pronounced Ponevitch Yeshiva, is a world renowned yeshiva
Yeshiva

Yeshiva or yeshivah , or metivta or mesivta ) also frequently referred to as a Beth midrash, Talmudical Academy, Rabbinical Academy or Rabbinical School is an institution unique to classical Judaism for Torah study, the study of Talmud, Rabbinic literature and History of responsa....
 located in Bnei Brak
Bnei Brak

File:Location_bneibrak.pngFile:800px-Ponivez1.jpegBnei Brak is a city located on Israel's central Mediterranean Israeli coastal plain, just east of Tel Aviv, in the Gush Dan and Tel Aviv District....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. It was originally established in the town of Paneve˛ys
Paneve˛ys

Paneve?ys is the fifth largest List of cities in Lithuania in Lithuania. It occupies 50 square kilometers with more than 115,000 inhabitants....
, Lithuania
Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
. The yeshiva has over one thousand students, and is the leading Lithuanian-style yeshiva in Israel today and arguably the leading yeshiva world-wide.

As of January 2007 the Roshei Yeshiva are Rabbi Gershon Eidelstein, Rabbi Boruch Dov Povarski and Rabbi Shmuel Markovitz.

r to the Holocaust
The Holocaust

The Holocaust , also known as , Churben is the term generally used to describe the genocide of approximately six million European Jews during World War II, as part of a program of deliberate extermination planned and executed by Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler....
 the yeshiva was led by Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman
Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman

Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman , ???? ???? ?????, was an Orthodox Judaism rabbi and rosh yeshiva of the Ponevezh yeshiva. He was a renowned Torah and Talmudic scholar....
, the "Ponovezher Rov", who functioned more as the president and chief fundraiser.






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Ponevezh Yeshiva, often pronounced Ponevitch Yeshiva, is a world renowned yeshiva
Yeshiva

Yeshiva or yeshivah , or metivta or mesivta ) also frequently referred to as a Beth midrash, Talmudical Academy, Rabbinical Academy or Rabbinical School is an institution unique to classical Judaism for Torah study, the study of Talmud, Rabbinic literature and History of responsa....
 located in Bnei Brak
Bnei Brak

File:Location_bneibrak.pngFile:800px-Ponivez1.jpegBnei Brak is a city located on Israel's central Mediterranean Israeli coastal plain, just east of Tel Aviv, in the Gush Dan and Tel Aviv District....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. It was originally established in the town of Paneve˛ys
Paneve˛ys

Paneve?ys is the fifth largest List of cities in Lithuania in Lithuania. It occupies 50 square kilometers with more than 115,000 inhabitants....
, Lithuania
Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
. The yeshiva has over one thousand students, and is the leading Lithuanian-style yeshiva in Israel today and arguably the leading yeshiva world-wide.

As of January 2007 the Roshei Yeshiva are Rabbi Gershon Eidelstein, Rabbi Boruch Dov Povarski and Rabbi Shmuel Markovitz.

History

Prior to the Holocaust
The Holocaust

The Holocaust , also known as , Churben is the term generally used to describe the genocide of approximately six million European Jews during World War II, as part of a program of deliberate extermination planned and executed by Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler....
 the yeshiva was led by Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman
Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman

Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman , ???? ???? ?????, was an Orthodox Judaism rabbi and rosh yeshiva of the Ponevezh yeshiva. He was a renowned Torah and Talmudic scholar....
, the "Ponovezher Rov", who functioned more as the president and chief fundraiser. He selected and appointed Rabbi Elazar Shach
Elazar Shach

Rabbi Elazar Menachem Man Shach , was a leading Eastern European-born and educated Haredi Judaism rabbi who settled and lived in modern Israel....
 to be the academic head and full-time rosh yeshiva
Rosh yeshiva

Rosh yeshiva, , , is the title given to the Dean of a Yeshiva . It is made up of the Hebrew words rosh ? meaning head, and yeshiva ? a school of religious Jewish education....
 who became arguably the most significant leader of Haredi Judaism
Haredi Judaism

Haredi or Chareidi Judaism is the most theologically conservative form of Orthodox Judaism. A follower of Haredi Judaism is called a Haredi ....
 in the latter half of the twentieth century.

Faculty

Many other important scholars joined the faculty of Ponovezh, such as Rabbi Shmuel Rozovsky, Rabbi Elazar Shach
Elazar Shach

Rabbi Elazar Menachem Man Shach , was a leading Eastern European-born and educated Haredi Judaism rabbi who settled and lived in modern Israel....
 and Rabbi Dovid Povarsky. The Kahneman fraction of the yeshiva is presently led by Rabbi Gershon Eidelstein and Rabbi Berl Povarsky, in addition to Rabbi Chaim Shlomo Leibovitch and Rabbi Chaim Peretz Berman. The Markovitz fraction of the yeshiva is led by Rabbi Shmuel Markovitz, Rabbi Asher Deutch and Rabbi Desler.
Based on an earlier arbitration ruling, the very appointment of Rabbi Chaim Shlomo Leibovitch and Rabbi Chaim Peretz Berman was disputed by followers of Rabbi Shmuel Markovitz, and the first shiurim (public discourses) given by these rabbis was disturbed by various means, a part of the disputes detailed below.

Internal disputes

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During the 1990s the yeshiva was subject to a public disagreement between two of its leaders, Rabbi Shmuel Markovitz (married to a granddaughter of the yeshiva's founder) and Rabbi Eliezer Kahaneman (a grandson of the founder) over the management of the yeshiva, that resulted in heated and even violent confrontations between students of the yeshiva.
There was a process of arbitration, but the Kahaneman camp - supported by some rabbis - ignored the decision. Since then the yeshiva has practically split, resulting in two yeshivos in the same building, in other words the students occupy different dormitories but learn in the same learning hall and eat in the same dining room.
On Friday evening, Oct. 20th, a dispute arose over which side's representative should lead the evening services. A member of the Markovitz camp ran up to the cantor's place and began the services seconds before the appointed cantor of the Kahaneman camp arrived. A scuffle then arose, disrupting the decorum of the chamber.

Famous teachers

  • Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler
    Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler

    Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler was an influential Orthodox Judaism rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and Jewish philosopher of the 20th century. He is best known as mashgiach ruchani of the Ponevezh yeshiva in Israel and through collections of his writings published posthumously by his pupils....
     (1892-1953), Mashgiach ruchani
    Mashgiach ruchani

    Mashgiach Ruchani or mashgiach for short, means a spiritual supervisor or guide; better known by the colloquial term "Super Rabbi". It is a title which usually refers to a rabbi who has an official position within a yeshiva and is responsible for the non-academic areas of yeshiva students' lives....
    , "Michtav me-Eliyahu"/"Strive for Truth"
  • Rabbi Yechezkel Levenstein
    Yechezkel Levenstein

    Rabbi Yechezkel Levenstein, known as Reb Chatzkel, , was the mashgiach ruchani of the Mir yeshiva , in Mir, Belarus and during the yeshiva's flight to Lithuania and on to Shanghai due to the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany in World War II....
     (1895-1974), Mashgiach ruchani
    Mashgiach ruchani

    Mashgiach Ruchani or mashgiach for short, means a spiritual supervisor or guide; better known by the colloquial term "Super Rabbi". It is a title which usually refers to a rabbi who has an official position within a yeshiva and is responsible for the non-academic areas of yeshiva students' lives....
    , author of "Or Yechezkel"
  • Rabbi Elazar Menachem Man Shach
    Elazar Shach

    Rabbi Elazar Menachem Man Shach , was a leading Eastern European-born and educated Haredi Judaism rabbi who settled and lived in modern Israel....
     (1898-2001), Rosh Yeshiva


Famous alumni

  • Rabbi Yitzchok Halberstadt zt"l (1922-2002), former deputy mayor of Bnei Brak
    Bnei Brak

    File:Location_bneibrak.pngFile:800px-Ponivez1.jpegBnei Brak is a city located on Israel's central Mediterranean Israeli coastal plain, just east of Tel Aviv, in the Gush Dan and Tel Aviv District....
     co-founder of Rav Wolf Seminary
  • Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Halperin
    Mordechai Halperin

    Mordechai Halperin is an Israelis rabbi, physician and scientist. He is Chief Officer of Medical Ethics for the Israeli Ministry of Health and director of the Schlesinger institute for Medical-Halachic Research in Jerusalem, Israel....
    , Chief Officer of Medical Ethics for the Israeli Ministry of Health, director of the Dr. Falk Schlesinger Institute
    Schlesinger institute

    The Schlesinger Institute for Medical-Halacha Research was founded in 1966 under the auspices of Shaare Zedek Medical Center, imbuing its professional pursuits with the spirit of Torah....
  • Rabbi Avrohom Yitzchok Ulman
    Avrohom Yitzchok Ulman

    Rabbi Avrohom Yitzchok Ulman is a senior Haredi Judaism rabbi living in Jerusalem.He was born in Hungary and immigrated to Israel as a child....
    , rabbi of Ner Yisroel in Jerusalem, on Jerusalem's council of Charedi communities hEdah HaChareidis)
  • Rabbi Yoel Schwartz
    Yoel Schwartz

    Rabbi Yoel Schwartz is a well known Torah scholar and a prolific writer who has published over 200 Jewish books. He learned at Ponevezh yeshiva in Bnei Brak and Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem, and was the mashgiach ruchani, the spiritual supervisor, of Yeshivat Itri and of the Nahal Charedi religious army program....
    , Torah scholar and author, senior lecturer at Yeshivas Dvar Yerushalayim
    Dvar Yerushalayim

    Yeshivat Dvar Yerushalayim, also called the Jerusalem Academy of Jewish Studies, is a yeshiva for baal teshuva currently located in the Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel....
  • Yisrael Segal, Israeli journalist


Institutions affiliated to Ponevezh Yeshiva

  • Kollel Avreichim — located on the grounds of the yeshiva in the Ohel Kedoshim building; intended for married students who have graduated from the yeshiva.
  • Yeshivat Ponevezh Le’zeirim — a division for 200 high school students headed by Rabbi Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz
    Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz

    File:Rabbi Lefkowitz.jpgRabbi Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz is a Haredi Judaism leader living in Bnei Brak, Israel. He is one of the heads of the Ponevezh yeshiva and is a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Degel HaTorah....
    , and was formerly co-headed by Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman.
  • Batei Avot — sheltered accommodation established by Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman for children rescued form the holocaust, orphans and children from broken homes donated by Henry Krausher.
  • Grodno Yeshiva - Beer Yaakov — an additional yeshiva located in Beer Yaakov.
  • Grodno Yeshiva - Ashdod, also known as Ponevezh Ashdod — an additional yeshiva located in Ashdod
    Ashdod

    Ashdod , is the List of Israeli cities in Israel, located in the South District of the country, on the Mediterranean Sea Israeli Coastal Plain, with a population of 207,000....
    .


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