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Ponevezher Rav
Ponevezher Rav
1886 CE–1969 CE · Acharonim · Bnei Brak
Famously known as the Ponevezher Rov, Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman was the esteemed Rosh Yeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Lithuania. After its destruction in the Holocaust, he re-established it in Bnei Brak, building it into one of the world's most prominent yeshivot. He was a visionary leader and a preeminent builder of Torah institutions.
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Kuliai
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Born in Kuliai, Kovno Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Lithuania), a town of about 300, of whom about a third were Jewish.
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