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Yisroel Lipkin was born in [[Zagare]], Lithuania on November 3, 1809, the son of Zev Wolf, the [[rabbi]] of that town and later [[Av Beth Din]] of [[Kuldīga|Goldingen]] and [[Telšiai|Telz]], and his wife Leah. As a boy, he studied with Rabbi [[Zvi Hirsh Broide|Tzvi Hirsh Braude]] of [[Salantai|Salant]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Ethics and Morality
|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0190608382 |isbn=978-0190608385 |date=2016
|author1=Elliot N. Dorff |author2=Jonathan K. Crane| publisher=Oxford University Press }} "Born in Zhagory, Lithuania, in 1810, Lipkin studied as a youth with Tzvi Hirsh Braude of Salant, and under Yosef Zundel of Salant."</ref>
After his 1823 marriage to Esther Fega Eisenstein Lipkin settled with her in Salant where he continued his studies under Hirsch Broda<ref name=Levine/> and Zundel, himself a disciple of [[Chaim Volozhin]].
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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>
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