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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