Yisrael Salanter - Definition and Overview

Rabbi Yisrael ben Zev Wolf Lipkin (1810-1883) was the father of the Mussar movement in Orthodox Judaism. The epithet Salanter was added to his name due to the influence on his thinking by Rabbi Zundel of Salant.

1877 he founded a famed Kovno kollel.

His writings:

• Iggeret ha-Mussar-most well known work, the Ethical Letter (http://www.aishdas.org/igeresHamussar.pdf)

See also

Business ethics

Books about

• Finkelman S. The story of Reb Yisrael Salanter; the legendary founder of the mussar movement. New York, NY: Mesorah Publications, . ISBN 0899067980.

External links

• Biography on www.ou.com (http://www.ou.org/about/judaism/rabbis/salanter.htm)
• Biography on Eli Segal's page (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/363_Transp/Orthodoxy/Musar.html)
• An examination of the life and accomplishments of Reb Yisroel Salanter (http://www.tzemachdovid.org/gedolim/jo/tprofile/rsalanter.html)