Israel Salanter
Rabbi Yisrael Lipkin Salanter | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | November 3, 1809 Žagarė, Russian Empire |
| Died | February 2, 1883 (aged 73) Königsberg, Germany |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation | Rabbi, Rosh yeshiva |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Main work | Imrei Binah, Iggeres HaMusar, Ohr Yisrael, Even Yisrael, Etz Peri |
| Other | Founder of the Musar movement |
Yisrael ben Ze'ev Wolf Lipkin, also known as "Israel Salanter" or "Yisroel Salanter" (November 3, 1809 – February 2, 1883), 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. He was the father of mathematician Yom Tov Lipman Lipkin.