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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)'', Page 34 </ref><ref>{{cite web |title=אוצר החכמה |url=https://www.otzar.org/wotzar/Book.aspx?195802 |website=tablet.otzar.org |access-date=14 July 2024}} ''עבודת המדות (Avodat haMidot)'', Page 27 </ref><ref>{{cite web |title=אוצר החכמה |url=https://www.otzar.org/wotzar/Book.aspx?60437 |website=tablet.otzar.org |access-date=14 July 2024}} ''עבודת המדות (Avodat haMidot)'', Page 26 </ref><ref> https://www.otzar.org/wotzar/Book.aspx?179049 ''עבודת המדות (Avodat haMidot)'', Page 133</ref>
==Famous disciples==
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