Rabbi Yisrael Salanter Defines ‘Talmid Chacham’

Rabbi Salanter’s Mussar movement became worse and worse over time.

Unlike his students (see the main deleted section in Emunah Ubitachon), Rabbi Yisrael Salanter did know the value of a Torah scholar.

Check out the minute of 0:30 – 1:30, here:

I don’t have to agree with all the rest of it.