Ponevezh Yeshiva, often pronounced as Ponevitch Yeshiva, is a yeshiva founded in 1908 in Panevėžys (Ponevezh), Lithuania, and located today in Bnei Brak, Israel since 1944. The yeshiva has over three thousand students, including those of affiliated institutions, and is considered one of the leading Litvish yeshivas in Israel.
Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, Israel
The yeshiva in 1949
Yeshiva students studying
Students swimming in the yeshiva's pool, 1945
Panevėžys is the fifth largest city in Lithuania and the eight most populous city in the Baltic States. As of 2021, it occupies 50 square kilometres (19 sq mi) with 89,000 inhabitants. As defined by Eurostat, the population of the Panevėžys functional urban area, that stretches beyond the city limits, is estimated at 127,471.
Image: Recreational area near Senvagė Pond and Nevėžis in Panevėžys
Image: BZN Sv Petro ir Povilo baznycia (two towers)
Image: View to Senvagė Pond and sculpture of Aleksandras Jogailaitis in Panevėžys, Lithuania
Image: Pnv 2 by Augustas Didzgalvis