MUSAR MOVEMENT. The Musar movement for individual self-examination and ethical renewal spread among mid-nineteenth-century Lithuanian Jewry after its founding by Yisraʾel Salanter (1810–1883). So called from the Hebrew term musar...

An educational movement particularly in 19th century Lithuania. Among the *Mitnaggedim, threatened by the Enlightenment (see *HASKALAH), *musar was studied extensively in the *yeshivot. Students intoned ethical works in unison and were expected to...

(Hebrew. ‘Ethics’) Moral instruction. A distinct branch of ethical literature grew up in the Middle Ages which was extensively studied particularly in the 19th century. (See MUSAR...

(Hebrew, literally: “chastisement;” “instruction in right behavior,” “morality”) A movement in modern Judaism emphasizing study and practice of ethical conduct, founded by Israel Salanter...

Mussar movement refers to a Jewish ethical, educational and cultural movement (a "Jewish Moralist Movement") that developed in 19th century Orthodox Eastern Europe, particularly among the Lithuanian Jews. The Hebrew term mussar (מוּסַּר), is from...