﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:15:04 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:ev="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/event/"><channel><title>Mussaria.org - HTBAJ</title><link>https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpt-Browser/ctl/RSS/mid/449/evl/0/CategoryID/27/CategoryName/HTBAJ</link><atom:link href="https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpt-Browser/ctl/RSS/mid/449/evl/0/CategoryID/27/CategoryName/HTBAJ" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:3  said — GEN15  In the beginning, there was the word.  Word...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/112990/genesis-chapter-1-verse-3-said-gen15-in-the-beginning-there-was-the-word-word</link><description><![CDATA[GEN15  In the beginning, there was the word.  Words create worlds.  According to the Jewish mystics, good words create good worlds; evil words create evil worlds.  Words have power: creative power ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:00:15 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/112990/genesis-chapter-1-verse-3-said-gen15-in-the-beginning-there-was-the-word-word</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-112990]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:26  image — GEN51  [In the view of Jewish thinkers], that whic...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113026/genesis-chapter-1-verse-26-image-gen51-in-the-view-of-jewish-thinkers-that-whic</link><description><![CDATA[GEN51  [In the view of Jewish thinkers], that which we have in common with God is that which makes us human. By determining in what sense we have been created in the divine image, we can discern the ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:00:51 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113026/genesis-chapter-1-verse-26-image-gen51-in-the-view-of-jewish-thinkers-that-whic</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113026]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:27  image — GEN85  According to Scripture, the human being is ...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113079/genesis-chapter-1-verse-27-image-gen85-according-to-scripture-the-human-being-is</link><description><![CDATA[GEN85  According to Scripture, the human being is created in the image of God. Genesis 1:26. Postbiblical Jewish religious literature takes this to mean that one should imitate the ways of God, that ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:01:44 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113079/genesis-chapter-1-verse-27-image-gen85-according-to-scripture-the-human-being-is</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113079]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:27  image — GEN89  For Maimonides (following Aristotle), the i...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113080/genesis-chapter-1-verse-27-image-gen89-for-maimonides-following-aristotle-the-i</link><description><![CDATA[GEN89  For Maimonides (following Aristotle), the intellect is the quality that makes one truly human.  The intellect is the human feature that we share with the divine.  As Maimonides wrote, “It is ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:01:45 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113080/genesis-chapter-1-verse-27-image-gen89-for-maimonides-following-aristotle-the-i</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113080]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:27  male/female — GEN131  Procreation is a requirement of Jewish law...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113104/genesis-chapter-1-verse-27-male%2ffemale-gen131-procreation-is-a-requirement-of-jewish-law</link><description><![CDATA[GEN131  Procreation is a requirement of Jewish law. To deny procreation is to deny creation.  Celibacy affirms the limitations of the body, the status quo.  Procreation assumes that no body is ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:02:09 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113104/genesis-chapter-1-verse-27-male%2ffemale-gen131-procreation-is-a-requirement-of-jewish-law</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113104]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:31  very good — GEN206  The concern with health is, in the final a...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/ExcerptBrowser/tabid/48/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113181/genesis-chapter-1-verse-31-very+good-gen206-the-concern-with-health-is-in-the-final-a.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[GEN206  The concern with health is, in the final analysis, a concern with how one lives the life divinely entrusted into one’s care.  HTBAJ 114 ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:03:26 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/ExcerptBrowser/tabid/48/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113181/genesis-chapter-1-verse-31-very+good-gen206-the-concern-with-health-is-in-the-final-a.aspx</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113181]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:31  very good — GEN209  Through the performance of sacred deeds, t...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/ExcerptBrowser/tabid/48/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113182/genesis-chapter-1-verse-31-very+good-gen209-through-the-performance-of-sacred-deeds-t.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[GEN209  Through the performance of sacred deeds, the body, which is good by nature, become holy by action.  For many of the Jewish mystics, this is especially evident in sexual behavior … Physical ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:03:27 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/ExcerptBrowser/tabid/48/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113182/genesis-chapter-1-verse-31-very+good-gen209-through-the-performance-of-sacred-deeds-t.aspx</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113182]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 2:7  living — GEN238  [<i>Targum Onkeles</i> [this verse] transl...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113216/genesis-chapter-2-verse-7-living-gen238-itargum-onkelesi-this-verse-transl</link><description><![CDATA[GEN238  [ Targum Onkeles  [this verse] translates “living being” as “a speaking being.”]  What Jack London said about writing is equally applicable to speaking: Pretend each word you use costs a ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:04:01 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113216/genesis-chapter-2-verse-7-living-gen238-itargum-onkelesi-this-verse-transl</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113216]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 2:24  flesh — GEN334  The parent’s obligation to circumcise a so...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113306/genesis-chapter-2-verse-24-flesh-gen334-the-parents-obligation-to-circumcise-a-so</link><description><![CDATA[GEN334  The parent’s obligation to circumcise a son, to redeem him, and to teach him Torah, relates to the parent’s duty to ensure the perpetuation of tradition and to have the child initiated into ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:05:31 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113306/genesis-chapter-2-verse-24-flesh-gen334-the-parents-obligation-to-circumcise-a-so</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113306]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 3:7  perceived — GEN378  And they interpreted this as follows: When...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113354/genesis-chapter-3-verse-7-perceived-gen378-and-they-interpreted-this-as-follows-when</link><description><![CDATA[GEN378  And they interpreted this as follows: When the hands write a scroll of the Torah in purity, they are honored and praiseworthy. When they do something improper, they are loathsome.  So it is ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:06:19 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113354/genesis-chapter-3-verse-7-perceived-gen378-and-they-interpreted-this-as-follows-when</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113354]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>