﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:19:38 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 - Chayei Sarah (Genesis 23:1-25:18)</title><link>https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpt-Browser/ctl/RSS/mid/449/evl/0/CategoryID/86/CategoryName/Chayei-Sarah-Genesis-231-2518</link><atom:link href="https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpt-Browser/ctl/RSS/mid/449/evl/0/CategoryID/86/CategoryName/Chayei-Sarah-Genesis-231-2518" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 23:2  mourn — GEN1145  Dating … is a very recent phenomenon … ho...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114120/genesis-chapter-23-verse-2-mourn-gen1145-dating-is-a-very-recent-phenomenon-ho</link><description><![CDATA[GEN1145  Dating … is a very recent phenomenon … however, there are enough ideas found in Jewish writings that give us an understanding of what constitutes a proper and improper “Jewish date.”  Most ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:19:05 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114120/genesis-chapter-23-verse-2-mourn-gen1145-dating-is-a-very-recent-phenomenon-ho</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114120]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 23:2  mourn — GEN1146  [This teaches us that a eulogy is for the...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114121/genesis-chapter-23-verse-2-mourn-gen1146-this-teaches-us-that-a-eulogy-is-for-the</link><description><![CDATA[GEN1146  [This teaches us that a eulogy is for the honor of the dead] for if it were for the honor of the living would Sarah’s burial have been delayed for Abraham’s honor?  Sanhedrin 46b  ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:19:06 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114121/genesis-chapter-23-verse-2-mourn-gen1146-this-teaches-us-that-a-eulogy-is-for-the</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114121]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 23:2  weep — GEN1147  <i>Question</i>: One of the leading Torah...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114122/genesis-chapter-23-verse-2-weep-gen1147-iquestioni-one-of-the-leading-torah</link><description><![CDATA[GEN1147   Question : One of the leading Torah authorities of the generation suffered the death of his son, and did not shed even a single tear over him.   Is this a positive attribute, or not?    ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:19:07 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114122/genesis-chapter-23-verse-2-weep-gen1147-iquestioni-one-of-the-leading-torah</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114122]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 23:4  alien — GEN1148  “I am both a stranger and a resident in y...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114123/genesis-chapter-23-verse-4-alien-gen1148-i-am-both-a-stranger-and-a-resident-in-y</link><description><![CDATA[GEN1148  “I am both a stranger and a resident in your midst,” he tells them [this verse].   This paradox of the first Jew foreshadowed later Jewish existence.   Even today, Jews are both residents – ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:19:08 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114123/genesis-chapter-23-verse-4-alien-gen1148-i-am-both-a-stranger-and-a-resident-in-y</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114123]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 23:4  alien — GEN1149  See [[GEN1044]] Genesis 18:27 ashes SINAI...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114124/genesis-chapter-23-verse-4-alien-gen1149-see-gen1044-genesis-1827-ashes-sinai</link><description><![CDATA[GEN1149  See [[GEN1044]] Genesis 18:27 ashes SINAI3 201]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:19:09 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114124/genesis-chapter-23-verse-4-alien-gen1149-see-gen1044-genesis-1827-ashes-sinai</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114124]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 23:4  before — GEN1150  One whose dead one is before him is exemp...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114125/genesis-chapter-23-verse-4-before-gen1150-one-whose-dead-one-is-before-him-is-exemp</link><description><![CDATA[GEN1150  One whose dead one is before him is exempt from all of the  mitzvoth  of the Torah.  And though the body may not actually be in front of him, still, since it is incumbent upon him to bury ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:19:10 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114125/genesis-chapter-23-verse-4-before-gen1150-one-whose-dead-one-is-before-him-is-exemp</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114125]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 23:6  elect — GEN1151  The biblical exemplar of <i>Kiddush Hashe...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114126/genesis-chapter-23-verse-6-elect-gen1151-the-biblical-exemplar-of-ikiddush-hashe</link><description><![CDATA[GEN1151  The biblical exemplar of  Kiddush Hashem  is Abraham, the first Jews, who made so positive an impression on his non-Hebrew neighbors that they said of him [You are a prince of God in our ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:19:11 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114126/genesis-chapter-23-verse-6-elect-gen1151-the-biblical-exemplar-of-ikiddush-hashe</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114126]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 23:6  prince — GEN1152  People looked up to as role models must a...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114127/genesis-chapter-23-verse-6-prince-gen1152-people-looked-up-to-as-role-models-must-a</link><description><![CDATA[GEN1152  People looked up to as role models must act as role models. Piety in relation to God must be accompanied by exemplary behavior in relation to one’s fellow humans. When people associate ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:19:12 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114127/genesis-chapter-23-verse-6-prince-gen1152-people-looked-up-to-as-role-models-must-a</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114127]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 23:12  bowed — GEN1153  People who have an exaggerated perception...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114128/genesis-chapter-23-verse-12-bowed-gen1153-people-who-have-an-exaggerated-perception</link><description><![CDATA[GEN1153  People who have an exaggerated perception of their own superiority, based on wealth, power, or fame, will not deign to acknowledge a service rendered by person who they considered beneath ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:19:13 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114128/genesis-chapter-23-verse-12-bowed-gen1153-people-who-have-an-exaggerated-perception</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114128]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 23:16  current — GEN1154  R. Elazar said: “The wicked say much, and...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114129/genesis-chapter-23-verse-16-current-gen1154-r-elazar-said-the-wicked-say-much-and</link><description><![CDATA[GEN1154  R. Elazar said: “The wicked say much, and do not do even a little.   How do we know this? From Efron.   In the beginning it is written: “four hundred silver shekels,” and in the end: “four ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:19:14 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114129/genesis-chapter-23-verse-16-current-gen1154-r-elazar-said-the-wicked-say-much-and</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114129]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>