﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:17:15 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 - SEFER</title><link>https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpt-Browser/ctl/RSS/mid/449/evl/0/CategoryID/63/CategoryName/SEFER</link><atom:link href="https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpt-Browser/ctl/RSS/mid/449/evl/0/CategoryID/63/CategoryName/SEFER" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 2:7  soul — GEN253  A person’s faculty of speech is a function...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113231/genesis-chapter-2-verse-7-soul-gen253-a-persons-faculty-of-speech-is-a-function</link><description><![CDATA[GEN253  A person’s faculty of speech is a function of the life-giving soul within him.  We see this from the (verse), for the  Targum  renders the words  l’nefesh chayim  as “a speaking spirit.”  ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:04:16 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113231/genesis-chapter-2-verse-7-soul-gen253-a-persons-faculty-of-speech-is-a-function</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113231]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 2:7  soul — GEN254  Rashi explains that even the animals are c...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113232/genesis-chapter-2-verse-7-soul-gen254-rashi-explains-that-even-the-animals-are-c</link><description><![CDATA[GEN254  Rashi explains that even the animals are called  nefesh chayim  – a living soul; but that man has more life than all of the others, for in him was infused, in addition, intelligence and ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:04:17 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113232/genesis-chapter-2-verse-7-soul-gen254-rashi-explains-that-even-the-animals-are-c</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113232]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 3:1  any — GEN355  The <i>yetzer hara</i> (evil inclination) ...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113330/genesis-chapter-3-verse-1-any-gen355-the-iyetzer-harai-evil-inclination</link><description><![CDATA[GEN355  The  yetzer hara  (evil inclination) may (try to) make the laws against evil speech ( lashon hara ) seem so stringent that the person will begin to think that everything is considered  lashon ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:05:55 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113330/genesis-chapter-3-verse-1-any-gen355-the-iyetzer-harai-evil-inclination</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113330]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 9:23  covered — GEN742  (Continued from [[LEV731]] Leviticus 19:18...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113718/genesis-chapter-9-verse-23-covered-gen742-continued-from-lev731-leviticus-1918</link><description><![CDATA[GEN742  (Continued from [[LEV731]] Leviticus 19:18 yourself SEFER 50-1). One must make sure to protect another person’s dignity in every possible way.  The Torah deliberately recounted to us the ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:12:23 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/113718/genesis-chapter-9-verse-23-covered-gen742-continued-from-lev731-leviticus-1918</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113718]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 37:2  reports — GEN1437  (Continued from [[LEV491]]  Leviticus 19:...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114416/genesis-chapter-37-verse-2-reports-ilashon-harai-was-the-main-reason-that-bnei-y</link><description><![CDATA[GEN1437  (Continued from [[LEV491]]  Leviticus 19:16 idly-by SEFER 30-1).  Furthermore, lashon hara  was the main reason that Bnei Yisrael descended to Egypt, as the pasuk says [this verse].  Because ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:24:01 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114416/genesis-chapter-37-verse-2-reports-ilashon-harai-was-the-main-reason-that-bnei-y</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114416]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[EXODUS | 2:14  known — EXOD50  Another reason why lashon hara is responsi...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114642/exodus-chapter-2-verse-14-known-exod50-another-reason-why-lashon-hara-is-responsi</link><description><![CDATA[EXOD50  Another reason why lashon hara is responsible for our galus [exile-AJL] is that it causes the Jewish people to be subjugated with backbreaking labor, as we find in Parashas Shemos. On the ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:00:50 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114642/exodus-chapter-2-verse-14-known-exod50-another-reason-why-lashon-hara-is-responsi</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114642]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[EXODUS | 19:3  Jacob — EXOD312  Before Hashem gave the Torah to Bnei Yisr...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114903/exodus-chapter-19-verse-3-jacob-exod312-before-hashem-gave-the-torah-to-bnei-yisr</link><description><![CDATA[EXOD312  Before Hashem gave the Torah to Bnei Yisrael, he told Moshe: כֹּ֤ה תֹאמַר֙ לְבֵ֣ית יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְתַגֵּ֖יד לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃… וִהְיִ֨יתֶם לִ֤י סְגֻלָּה֙ מִכָּל־הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים “So shall you say ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:05:11 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114903/exodus-chapter-19-verse-3-jacob-exod312-before-hashem-gave-the-torah-to-bnei-yisr</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114903]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[EXODUS | 19:5  Israel — EXOD316  See [[EXOD312]] Exodus 19:3 Jacob SEFER x...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114907/exodus-chapter-19-verse-5-israel-exod316-see-exod312-exodus-193-jacob-sefer-x</link><description><![CDATA[EXOD316  See [[EXOD312]] Exodus 19:3 Jacob SEFER xxxi]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:05:15 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114907/exodus-chapter-19-verse-5-israel-exod316-see-exod312-exodus-193-jacob-sefer-x</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114907]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[EXODUS | 20:12  honor — EXOD427  One who speaks lashon hara about his olde...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/115019/exodus-chapter-20-verse-12-honor-exod427-one-who-speaks-lashon-hara-about-his-olde</link><description><![CDATA[EXOD427  One who speaks lashon hara about his oldest brother, his mother's husband, or his father's wife also transgresses the commandment to honor one’s parents, for Chazal (Kesubos 103a) ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:07:07 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/115019/exodus-chapter-20-verse-12-honor-exod427-one-who-speaks-lashon-hara-about-his-olde</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-115019]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[EXODUS | 22:21  afflict — EXOD661  If one disparages an orphan or widow in t...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/115255/exodus-chapter-22-verse-21-afflict-exod661-if-one-disparages-an-orphan-or-widow-in-t</link><description><![CDATA[EXOD661  If one disparages an orphan or widow in their presence, then even if they are wealthy, he violates another prohibition, that of כָּל־אַלְמָנָ֥ה וְיָתֹ֖ום לֹ֥א תְעַנּֽוּן׃, “Do not afflict ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:11:03 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/115255/exodus-chapter-22-verse-21-afflict-exod661-if-one-disparages-an-orphan-or-widow-in-t</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-115255]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>