Sichos Mussar
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Rabbi Chaim Shmuelevitz
Rabbi Chaim Shmuelevitz
1902 CE–1979 CE · Modern · Jerusalem
Serving for many years as the esteemed Rosh Yeshiva of the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem, he was a world-renowned Torah scholar. His profound and analytical ethical discourses were posthumously published as "Sichos Mussar." Rabbi Shmuelevitz was known for his penetrating insights into Talmudic and ethical topics.
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Kovno (Kaunas)קובנאLithuania — Mussar movement hub
What they did here
Born on 3 October 1902 (2nd day of Rosh Hashanah 5663) to Rabbi Refoel Alter Shmuelevitz and Ettel Horowitz, daughter of Rabbi Yosef Yozel Horwitz (Alter of Novardok).
About Kovno (Kaunas)
Kovno (Kaunas) was the Lithuanian Torah center where R. Yisrael Salanter taught and the Slabodka and Kovno Kollels flourished. R. Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor served as its chief rabbi (1864-1896), making Kovno the responsa capital of Lithuanian Jewry. R. Avraham Dov Kahana-Shapiro (Devar Avraham) succeeded him.