Salantai
Encyclopedia
Salantai is a small city in Lithuania
. It is located in the Klaipėda County
, Kretinga district.
s: Rabbi Yisrael Lipkin Salanter and his teacher Rabbi Zundel Salant
, who spent most of his life in Salantai.
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
. It is located in the Klaipėda County
Klaipeda County
Klaipėda County is one of ten counties in Lithuania. It lies in the west of the country and is the only county to have a coastline. Its capital is Klaipėda...
, Kretinga district.
History
This town is known for two famed rabbiRabbi
In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
s: Rabbi Yisrael Lipkin Salanter and his teacher Rabbi Zundel Salant
Zundel Salant
Yoseph Zundel of Salant was an Ashkenazi rabbi, and the primary teacher of Rabbi Yisrael Salanter.- Biography :...
, who spent most of his life in Salantai.