Famous Disciples
Rabbi Salanter believed that accomplishment in spiritual growth is not limited to rabbinic figures but is also the realm of the ordinary layman. Therefore his closest disciples included not only leading rabbis of the next generation but also laymen who would come to exert a tremendous positive influence on the physical and spiritual lot of their brethren. Nevertheless there is little detailed information available concerning his non-rabbinic disciples.
Among Rabbi Lipkin's most famous students were:
- Rabbi Naftali Amsterdam (נפתלי אמשטרדאם)
- Rabbi Yitzchak Blazer
- Rabbi Eliezer Gordon
- Rabbi Jacob Joseph
- Rabbi Yerucham Perlman
- Rabbi Simcha Zissel Ziv
- Rabbi Yosef Yozel Horwitz
His layperson disciples included figures such as the banker Eliyahu (Elinka) of Kartinga and the tea magnate, Kalman Zev Wissotzky.
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Famous quotes containing the words famous and/or disciples:
“Celebrity-worship and hero-worship should not be confused. Yet we confuse them every day, and by doing so we come dangerously close to depriving ourselves of all real models. We lose sight of the men and women who do not simply seem great because they are famous but are famous because they are great. We come closer and closer to degrading all fame into notoriety.”
—Daniel J. Boorstin (b. 1914)
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 28:19,20.