Mussar: Who was R Yisroel Salanter father of the Mussar Movement?

First posted November 2, 2013

In recognition of the English anniversary of the birth of Rabbi Yiroel Salanter

Rabbi Yisroel ben Ze'ev Wolf Lipkin, also known as "Yisroel Salanter" or "Israel Salanter" (November 3, 1810, Zhagory – February 2, 1883, Königsberg), was the father of the Musar movement in Orthodox Judaism and a famed Rosh yeshiva and Talmudist. The epithet Salanter was added to his name since most of his schooling took place in Salant (now the Lithuanian town of Salantai), where he came under the influence of Rabbi Yosef Zundel of Salant.

Yisroel Salanter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yisroel_Salanter


Kol Tuv,
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