The Mussar Movement
Revolutionary Spirituality

While Chassidim and Misnagdim fought with each other and the haskala lampooned both sides, Rabbi Yisroel Salanter introduced his path of self-improvement into the fray. With characteristic mussar lessons and the opposite approaches of Slobodka and Novaradok, Rabbi Wein paints a comprehensive portrait of the movement that swept the yeshiva world.