﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:14:12 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 - DORFF-RUTTENBERGSOC</title><link>https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpt-Browser/ctl/RSS/mid/449/evl/0/CategoryID/60/CategoryName/DORFF-RUTTENBERGSOC</link><atom:link href="https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpt-Browser/ctl/RSS/mid/449/evl/0/CategoryID/60/CategoryName/DORFF-RUTTENBERGSOC" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:27  image — GEN111  … beyond any doubt … compassion for others...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113069/genesis-chapter-1-verse-27-image-gen111-beyond-any-doubt-compassion-for-others</link><description><![CDATA[GEN111  … beyond any doubt … compassion for others is a Jewish value.  This value comes out of the commandment, “Love your fellow as yourself”  Leviticus 19:18 , which is a manifestation of the core ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:01:34 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113069/genesis-chapter-1-verse-27-image-gen111-beyond-any-doubt-compassion-for-others</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113069]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 2:8  planted — GEN263  From the beginning of the creation of the ...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113238/genesis-chapter-2-verse-8-planted-gen263-from-the-beginning-of-the-creation-of-the</link><description><![CDATA[GEN263  From the beginning of the creation of the world, the Holy Blessed One was involved first only with planting, as it is written: “The Lord God planted a garden in Eden” (Genesis 2:8). You, too, ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:04:23 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113238/genesis-chapter-2-verse-8-planted-gen263-from-the-beginning-of-the-creation-of-the</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113238]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 3:21  clothed — GEN433  Rabbi Samlai taught: The Torah opens with ...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113408/genesis-chapter-3-verse-21-clothed-gen433-rabbi-samlai-taught-the-torah-opens-with</link><description><![CDATA[GEN433  Rabbi Samlai taught: The Torah opens with acts of kindness and closes with acts of kindness.  It opens with acts of kindness, as it is written: “The Lord God made leather cloaks for Adam and ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:07:13 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113408/genesis-chapter-3-verse-21-clothed-gen433-rabbi-samlai-taught-the-torah-opens-with</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113408]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 5:1  likeness — GEN540  Rabbi Akiva taught: “Love your neighbor as...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113514/genesis-chapter-5-verse-1-likeness-gen540-rabbi-akiva-taught-love-your-neighbor-as</link><description><![CDATA[GEN540  Rabbi Akiva taught: “Love your neighbor as yourself”  Leviticus 19:18 : this is a great principle in the Torah.  Therefore, do not say: “Since I was demeaned [/dishonored], let my fellow be ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:08:59 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113514/genesis-chapter-5-verse-1-likeness-gen540-rabbi-akiva-taught-love-your-neighbor-as</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113514]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 5:1  likeness — GEN544  The Jewish Response to Discrimination.  I ...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113515/genesis-chapter-5-verse-1-likeness-gen544-the-jewish-response-to-discrimination-i</link><description><![CDATA[GEN544  The Jewish Response to Discrimination.  I don't think classical Jewish sources ever confronted a problem like the modern issue of discrimination, but that doesn't mean that Jewish values ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:09:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113515/genesis-chapter-5-verse-1-likeness-gen544-the-jewish-response-to-discrimination-i</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113515]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 18:19  charity — GEN961  We are obligated to be more observant of t...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113938/genesis-chapter-18-verse-19-charity-gen961-we-are-obligated-to-be-more-observant-of-t</link><description><![CDATA[GEN961  We are obligated to be more observant of the commandment of charity than of any other positive commandment, for charity is the sign of the righteous of the seed of Abraham, as it is written ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:16:03 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113938/genesis-chapter-18-verse-19-charity-gen961-we-are-obligated-to-be-more-observant-of-t</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113938]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 18:19  doing — GEN967  Jewish ethics is, of course, not only abou...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113941/genesis-chapter-18-verse-19-doing-gen967-jewish-ethics-is-of-course-not-only-abou</link><description><![CDATA[GEN967  Jewish ethics is, of course, not only about avoiding wrongdoing.   Rather, we have a greater mandate to go beyond the ethics of the “do no harm” principle and the responsibility to repair the ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:16:06 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113941/genesis-chapter-18-verse-19-doing-gen967-jewish-ethics-is-of-course-not-only-abou</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113941]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[EXODUS | 20:12  murder — EXOD440  ... the practice of capital punishment su...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/115030/exodus-chapter-20-verse-12-murder-exod440-the-practice-of-capital-punishment-su</link><description><![CDATA[EXOD440  ... the practice of capital punishment survives. The frontline in the fight against the death penalty is now focused on whether there is a constitutional manner of execution. We have come to ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:07:18 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/115030/exodus-chapter-20-verse-12-murder-exod440-the-practice-of-capital-punishment-su</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-115030]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[EXODUS | 21:24  eye — EXOD596  Problems in Applying the Death Penalty. I...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/115186/exodus-chapter-21-verse-24-eye-exod596-problems-in-applying-the-death-penalty-i</link><description><![CDATA[EXOD596  Problems in Applying the Death Penalty. It is inaccurate to claim that the death penalty represents the Torah prescription of an “eye for eye, tooth for tooth” and “life for life.”  (Exodus ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:09:54 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/115186/exodus-chapter-21-verse-24-eye-exod596-problems-in-applying-the-death-penalty-i</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-115186]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[EXODUS | 21:24  eye — EXOD598  The Goals of Punishment. Classically, the...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/115187/exodus-chapter-21-verse-24-eye-exod598-the-goals-of-punishment-classically-the</link><description><![CDATA[EXOD598  The Goals of Punishment. Classically, the meting out of punishment in American criminal law is based upon four purposes: retribution, deterrence, incapacitation, and rehabilitation. Not all ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:09:55 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/115187/exodus-chapter-21-verse-24-eye-exod598-the-goals-of-punishment-classically-the</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-115187]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>