﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:17:16 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 - MORINIS</title><link>https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpt-Browser/ctl/RSS/mid/449/evl/0/CategoryID/29/CategoryName/MORINIS</link><atom:link href="https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpt-Browser/ctl/RSS/mid/449/evl/0/CategoryID/29/CategoryName/MORINIS" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:1  began — GEN2  Tradition teaches that God’s original intent...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/112977/genesis-chapter-1-verse-1-began-gen2-tradition-teaches-that-gods-original-intent</link><description><![CDATA[GEN2  Tradition teaches that God’s original intention was to create the world solely with the attribute of judgment. We can still see the results of this intention, because the fundamental laws of ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:00:02 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/112977/genesis-chapter-1-verse-1-began-gen2-tradition-teaches-that-gods-original-intent</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-112977]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:26  image — GEN52  At its core, the soul you are is already ho...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113027/genesis-chapter-1-verse-26-image-gen52-at-its-core-the-soul-you-are-is-already-ho</link><description><![CDATA[GEN52  At its core, the soul you are is already holy and pure.  How could it be otherwise, since we are told in no uncertain terms in the Torah that we are made “in the image” and “likeness” of God? ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:00:52 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113027/genesis-chapter-1-verse-26-image-gen52-at-its-core-the-soul-you-are-is-already-ho</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113027]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:26  us — GEN76  Witness Rabbi Yisrael Salanter’s statement ...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113051/genesis-chapter-1-verse-26-us-gen76-witness-rabbi-yisrael-salanters-statement</link><description><![CDATA[GEN76  Witness Rabbi Yisrael Salanter’s statement about himself.  He said, “I know that I have the mental capacity of a thousand men.”  This was surely not arrogance on his part, just uncommon ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:01:16 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GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113082/genesis-chapter-1-verse-27-image-gen86-although-the-torah-tells-us-that-we-are-mad</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113082]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:27  image — GEN119  The challenge that you and I face in our l...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113083/genesis-chapter-1-verse-27-image-gen119-the-challenge-that-you-and-i-face-in-our-l</link><description><![CDATA[GEN119  The challenge that you and I face in our lives is nothing less than the developmental story of our species, which means doing what we can to free ourselves from the dictates of our primitive ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:01:48 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113083/genesis-chapter-1-verse-27-image-gen119-the-challenge-that-you-and-i-face-in-our-l</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113083]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 2:3  ceased — GEN211  Among the spiritual disabilities that plag...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113186/genesis-chapter-2-verse-3-ceased-gen211-among-the-spiritual-disabilities-that-plag</link><description><![CDATA[GEN211  Among the spiritual disabilities that plague so many people today, one of the most common is busyness.  Over commitment of our time leaves little space for the simple experience of being, and ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:03:31 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113186/genesis-chapter-2-verse-3-ceased-gen211-among-the-spiritual-disabilities-that-plag</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113186]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 2:4  abstained — GEN221  See [[DEUT125]] Deuteronomy 4:29 seek MORI...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113196/genesis-chapter-2-verse-4-abstained-gen221-see-deut125-deuteronomy-429-seek-mori</link><description><![CDATA[GEN221  See [[DEUT125]] Deuteronomy 4:29 seek MORINIS 230-1 ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:03:41 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113196/genesis-chapter-2-verse-4-abstained-gen221-see-deut125-deuteronomy-429-seek-mori</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113196]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 2:7  dust…soul — GEN232  The core issue, of course, is human nature...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113207/genesis-chapter-2-verse-7-dust%e2%80%a6soul-gen232-the-core-issue-of-course-is-human-nature</link><description><![CDATA[GEN232  The core issue, of course, is human nature. Things are not the problem—it’s our inclination to become overinvolved with material possessions and pleasures that we have to be aware of and ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:03:52 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113207/genesis-chapter-2-verse-7-dust%e2%80%a6soul-gen232-the-core-issue-of-course-is-human-nature</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113207]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 2:7  soul — GEN252  [Compare Genesis 1:27-28]. Rabbi Joseph Be...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113228/genesis-chapter-2-verse-7-soul-gen252-compare-genesis-12728-rabbi-joseph-be</link><description><![CDATA[GEN252  [Compare Genesis 1:27-28]. Rabbi Joseph Ber Soloveitchik  Lonely Man of Faith  names these two creatures “Adam the first” and “Adam the second” and gives us a picture of the difference ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:04:13 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113228/genesis-chapter-2-verse-7-soul-gen252-compare-genesis-12728-rabbi-joseph-be</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113228]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 2:17  do not  — GEN291  Rabbi Yosef Yozel Hurwit, who founded and ...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/ExcerptBrowser/tabid/48/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113266/genesis-chapter-2-verse-17-do+not-gen291-rabbi-yosef-yozel-hurwit-who-founded-and.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[GEN291  Rabbi Yosef Yozel Hurwit, who founded and led the Novarodok school of Mussar in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, writes about this episode [ Madregat ha’Adam  The Levels of Humanity ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:04:51 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/ExcerptBrowser/tabid/48/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113266/genesis-chapter-2-verse-17-do+not-gen291-rabbi-yosef-yozel-hurwit-who-founded-and.aspx</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113266]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>