In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “father of the mussar movement in orthodox judaism”. Today it says “father of the musar movement in orthodox judaism and a famed rosh yeshiva and talmudist”.
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Rabbi Yisrael ben Zev Wolf Lipkin ( 1810 - 1883 ) was the father of the Mussar movement in Orthodox Judaism .1The epithet Salanter was added to his name due to the influence on his thinking by Rabbi Zundel of Salant . His is also known as one of the first people to try to translate the Talmud into another language. He passed away though before he could finish the immense project. 1877 he founded a famed Kovno kollel .2
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Rabbi Yisroel Lipkin , better known as " Rav Yisroel Salanter ", (November 3, 1810, Zhagory - February 2, 1883, Königsberg ) was the father of the Mussar movement in Orthodox Judaism and a famed Rosh yeshiva and Talmudist .The epithet Salanter was added to his name due 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 .
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Rabbi Yisroel ben Ze'ev Wolf Lipkin , also known as " Yisroel Salanter " or " Israel Salanter " (November 3, 1810, Zhagory – 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 is the father of mathematician Yom Tov Lipman Lipkin .
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Rabbi Yisrael ben Ze'ev Wolf Lipkin , also known as " Israel Salanter " or " Yisroel Salanter " (November 3, 1809, Zhagory – 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 .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Lithuanian Jewish rabbi (1809–1883); father of the Musar movement Yisrael ben Ze'ev Wolf Lipkin , also known as " Israel Salanter " or " Yisroel Salanter " (November 3, 1809, Zhagory – 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 .
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Russian Jewish rabbi (1809–1883); father 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 .
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father of the mussar movement in orthodox judaism
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father of the musar movement in orthodox judaism and a famed rosh yeshiva and talmudist
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