A Responsible Life: The Spiritual Path of Mussar

"Love your neighbor" is the central obligation of Jewish life. Mussar a late nineteenth-century Jewish renewal movement focused on this precept as a means of self-improvement and spiritual growth. Through the practical applications of Mussar one can learn how to awaken to a spirituality that is compassionate moral and generous. In this book Rabbi Ira Stone provides a contemporary theological framework for understanding Mussar and describes how participation in a Mussar group can offer support and guidance for this powerful spiritual practice.