Mussar

Mussar refers to a moral movement, based on the study of traditional ethical literature.  Probably the classic text in “Mussar” is “Pirkei Avot”, Ethics of the Fathers.

Some ideas of Mussar are the awesome potential of man to obtain the greatest spiritual heights, serene acceptance of whatever G-d causes to happen to one in life; not to be overly concerned with matters of  this world, while remaining focused on the “World-to-Come”

Some luminaries of the Mussar school within Judaism were Rav Yisroel Salanter, Rav Eliezer Papo, Rav Yerucham Levovitz and Rav Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg.