[Avodah] Critique of Mussar

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 06:01:51PM -0500, Prof. Levine wrote:
: I do not think that one has to study mussar seforim to incorporate 
: the results of the movement into one's actions...
:                                To understand where I am coming from please 
: see
: "<http://www.jewishpress.com/displayContent_new.cfm?contentid=19683&mode=a&sectionid=61&contentname=Frum_or_Ehrlich?&recnum=7>Frum 
: or Ehrliche?" The Jewish Press, October 20, 2006, page 1.

The way I formuilated things, your saying the ikkar of mussar is not
the notion of having a program for reaching qedushah, but rather the
holistic definition of qedushah. (With nothing said about the role of
tiqun hamidos.)

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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