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butter or clay?

Compassion is one of the most important of character traits, yet its an attribute that comes from learning, mostly in t...

merciful consideration

Rav Yisrael Salanter was a leading 19th century sage who founded the Mussar movement which ...

complete compassion

Our chavurah is reading together through Luke in the Delitzsch Hebrew Gospels, and this week we came to this&n...

compassion in action

I may be naïve, but I really do believe compassion comes naturally to most people at a core level. ...

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Mussar is a discipline of steady personal character refinement.
Our Mussar Master, Messiah Yeshua taught us how we should bring good fruit as a demonstration of our purposeful lives. Mussar is one important component of being a disciple and light of Messiah.

You are the light of the world. A city that sits on the mountain will not be hidden, nor do people kindle a lamp just to put it under the bushel measure, but on the menorah, to illuminate all who are in the house. So also, shine your light before sons of men, so that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father who is in heaven. (Matthew 5:14-16, DHE)

for only $36 per year, you will receive:

a copy of Everyday Holiness or the Six-Month Mussar Journal
weekly - emailings to start your middah practice for the week
access - to the Connections part of the site where you can listen to weekly podcasts, online discussion of mussar practice, a private Facebook group for members only, and special classes and presentations.

during the week...

gather - once or twice with your chevruta (partner) for study
repeat - the memory verse of the week
be aware - of behaviors during the day, moments that elucidate middot work

after sundown on saturday night...

finish - journal entries for friday and saturday and score yourself in your charts
assess - your scores in your journal charts by tallying them and reflecting on the results

in the morning...

meditate - on the middah for the week
repeat - the memory verse of the week
be aware - of behaviors during the day, moments that elucidate middot work

in the evening...

journal - positive or negative moments related to the weekly middah
account -by filling in your daily or chesbon hanefesh chart

riverton mussar concept

The Riverton Mussar concept was formed out of years of questioning how better to be a light of Mashiach Yeshua in a very practical and everyday manner. Over the course of reading and studying, I stumbled upon the concept of Mussar, or Jewish ethics as it is also known. As I saw the amazing practicality and profound spiritual connection it provided through honing character traits, I felt like two worlds just harmoniously came together: the world of the Mussar masters and our Mashiach Yeshua.

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Share in making the lives of others better.

Compassion is the ability to emotionally relate to a condition of either a person or group and to respond with kindness and concern. Humanity survives because of the compassion which Hashem shows to us as well as the compassion which we give to one another. It is not judgmental, it does not point fingers. It seeks to raise another person’s soul and make life easier to bear.