Israel Salanter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Israel Salanter

Lithuanian rabbi.

Date of Birth: 03-Nov-1809

Place of Birth: Žagarė, Šiauliai County, Lithuania

Date of Death: 02-Feb-1883

Profession: rabbi, theologian

Nationality: Lithuania

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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.