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Mussar Movement

The Mussar Movement is a movement for education of ethics to promote and develop the teachings and practices of Yisra'el Lipkin (Salanter; 1810-1883). The concepts of Salanter to reinvigorate Jewish society has given way to the hands of his disciples to the reform programs of education under circumscribed but culturally significant Lithuanian yeshivas, while his ideas gradually undergone dramatic reinterpretation and revision. Mussar apparaisent three schools in the late nineteenth century: the patient, self-righteous culture Kelem (Lith., Kelme), consciousness almost Slabodka humanist, and radical ascetic Novaredok (Nowogrdek; Novogrudok).

Judaism and Jewish culture
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See also	Criticism of Judaism Antisemitism Jewish political movements Israel

Streams of Judaism
Currents related to Judaism	Mosaic Yahwism Samaritanism Sabbatasme Frankisme
Historical currents	Judean sect: Sadducees Boethusiens Pharisees Chassidim Essenes Cult of the Dead Sea Zealots Sicarii Hellenistic Judaism : Jews of Elephantine Therapeutae Jews from the Hellenistic and Roman Egypt Min : Nazarenes Ebionites Crinthiens Elcsates Currents of the eighth century Issawi Yudghanisme
Orthodox Judaism	Modern Orthodox Dati Leumi
Ultra-Orthodox	Hasidim : Lubavitch Gur Breslav Belz Satmar Non-Hassidim : Mussar Edah Haredit Neturei Karta Hardal
Karaism	Pineapple Benjamins Avelei Tzion Tiflissim Asheri Talmid

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