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{{short description|Lithuanian Jewish rabbi (1809–1883); father of the Musar movement}}
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==Teachings==
Lipkin was known as the father of the [[Musar movement]]<ref>{{cite web | url= https://jewishcurrents.org/february-2-rabbi-israel-salanters-musar-movement | title=February 2: Rabbi Israel Salanter's Musar Movement }}</ref> that developed, particularly among the Lithuanian Jews, in 19th century Orthodox Eastern Europe. The Hebrew term musar (מוּסַר), is from the book of Proverbs 1:2 meaning instruction, discipline, or conduct. The term was used by the Musar movement to refer to disciplined efforts to further ethical and spiritual development. The study of Musar is a part of the study of Jewish ethics.
Lipkin is best known for stressing that the inter-personal laws of the [[Torah]] bear as much weight as Divine obligations. According to Lipkin, adhering to the ritual aspects of Judaism without developing one's relationships with others and oneself was an unpardonable parody. There are many anecdotal stories about him that relate to this moral equation, see for example the following references.<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.shemayisrael.com/publicat/hazon/tzedaka/The_Importance_of_a_Friendly_Greeting.html|title=The Importance of a Friendly Greeting|website=www.shemayisrael.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url= http://www.jewishamerica.com/ja/timeline/mussar.cfm |title=The Mussar Movement |access-date=2011-06-29 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110527174055/http://www.jewishamerica.com/ja/timeline/mussar.cfm |archive-date=2011-05-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The concept of the [[subconscious]] appears in the writings of Lipkin
Lipkin would teach that the time for a person to work on not allowing improper subconscious impulses to affect him was during times of emotional quiet, when a person is more in control of his thoughts and feelings. He would stress that when a person is experiencing an acute emotional response to an event, he is not necessarily in control of his thoughts and faculties and will not have access to the calming perspectives necessary to allow his conscious mind to intercede.
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Lipkin felt that people would be embarrassed to study ethical teachings [''limud ha'musar''] in such a way in a normal study-hall [''bet ha'medrash''] and he therefore invented the idea of a "house of ethical teachings" [''bet ha'mussar''] that would be located next to an ordinary study hall and that would be designated for learning ethics in this way.
One of the more popular teachings of Lipkin is based on a real life encounter he had with a shoemaker one very late night. It was [[Motza'ei Shabbat]] (Saturday night after Shabbat) and Lipkin was on the way to the [[synagogue]] to recite [[Selichot]]. Suddenly he felt a tear in his shoe, so he looked around town to see if there was a shoemaker still open for business at this late hour. Finally he located a shoemaker sitting in his shop working next to his candle. Lipkin walked in and asked him, "Is it too late now to get my shoes repaired?" The shoemaker replied, "As long as the candle is burning, it is still possible to repair." Upon hearing this, Lipkin ran to the synagogue and preached to the public what he had learned from the shoemaker. In his words, as long as the candle is burning, as long as one is still alive, it is still possible to repair one's soul.<ref>{{cite web |title=אוצר החכמה | url= https://www.otzar.org/wotzar/Book.aspx?23406 |website=tablet.otzar.org |access-date=14 July 2024}} ''עבודת המדות (Avodat haMidot)'', Page 12</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=אוצר החכמה | url= https://www.otzar.org/wotzar/Book.aspx?600032 |website=tablet.otzar.org |access-date=14 July 2024}} ''עבודת המדות (Avodat haMidot)'',
==Famous disciples==
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