Israel Salanter

Rabbi
Yisrael Lipkin Salanter
Rabbi Yisrael Salanter
Personal
BornNovember 3, 1809
Žagarė, Lithuania
DiedFebruary 2, 1883
Königsberg, Germany
NationalityLithuanian
Notable work(s)Imrei Binah, Iggeres HaMusar, Ohr Yisrael, Even Yisrael, Etz Peri
Known forFounder of the Musar movement
OccupationRabbi, Rosh yeshiva

Yisrael ben Ze'ev Wolf Lipkin, also known as "Israel Salanter" or "Yisroel Salanter" (November 3, 1809, Žagarė – 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. He was the father of mathematician Yom Tov Lipman Lipkin.[1]

  1. ^ L. Levine. "Israel Salanter, Revolutionary Rabbi Par Excellence" (PDF).