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<font size=3>At 03:04 PM 1/29/2008, David Riceman wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">A friend from Jerusalem stopped
by last week, and we chatted for a few <br>
hours. One of his remarks struck me as worth repeating here.
He told <br>
me that when he reads mussar sefarim he gets the impression of small
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mindedness; the concerns are very petty. Whereas when he reads
Rabbi <br>
Kook "ze mamash marhiv et hada'at."<br><br>
Any comments (I'll reserve my own)?<br><br>
David Riceman</font></blockquote><br>
I do not think that one has to study mussar seforim to incorporate the
results of the movement into one's actions. Personally, I do not think
that the theory is important today. There is so much to learn from the
actions of the great master, Reb Yisroel Salanter. I find it interesting
that there are so many stories about the life of RYS extant. One can
learn a velt of mussar from these stories. Perhaps it is not necessary to
read mussar seforim or to dwell on the theoretical aspects of mussar. To
understand where I am coming from please see <br>
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"<a href="http://www.jewishpress.com/displayContent_new.cfm?contentid=19683&mode=a&sectionid=61&contentname=Frum_or_Ehrlich?&recnum=7">
Frum or Ehrliche?</a>" <b>The Jewish Press</b>, October 20, 2006,
page 1. <br><br>
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Yitzchok Levine</body>
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