﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:20:17 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 - Vayechi (Genesis 47:28-50:26)</title><link>https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpt-Browser/ctl/RSS/mid/449/evl/0/CategoryID/93/CategoryName/Vayechi-Genesis-4728-5026</link><atom:link href="https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpt-Browser/ctl/RSS/mid/449/evl/0/CategoryID/93/CategoryName/Vayechi-Genesis-4728-5026" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 47:29  favor — GEN1579  Attending to the physical and psychologic...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114554/genesis-chapter-47-verse-29-favor-gen1579-attending-to-the-physical-and-psychologic</link><description><![CDATA[GEN1579  Attending to the physical and psychological needs of mourners is clearly a boon to them, but the tradition saw it also as a favor to the deceased. Burying the dead is even more obviously an ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:26:19 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114554/genesis-chapter-47-verse-29-favor-gen1579-attending-to-the-physical-and-psychologic</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114554]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 47:29  kindness — GEN1580  Acts characterized as <i>gimilut hasadim<...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114555/genesis-chapter-47-verse-29-kindness-gen1580-acts-characterized-as-igimilut-hasadim</link><description><![CDATA[GEN1580  Acts characterized as  gimilut hasadim  are considered expressions of loving-kindness because they may be done selflessly, without thoughts of recompense from the recipient.  For example, ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:26:20 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114555/genesis-chapter-47-verse-29-kindness-gen1580-acts-characterized-as-igimilut-hasadim</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114555]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 47:29  loyalty — GEN1581  “And deal with me in <i>chesed</i> and in...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114556/genesis-chapter-47-verse-29-loyalty-gen1581-and-deal-with-me-in-ichesedi-and-in</link><description><![CDATA[GEN1581  “And deal with me in  chesed  and in truth,” as Rashi has explained.   AHAVCH 25]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:26:21 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114556/genesis-chapter-47-verse-29-loyalty-gen1581-and-deal-with-me-in-ichesedi-and-in</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114556]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 47:29  loyalty — GEN1582  If man occupies himself with the study of...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114557/genesis-chapter-47-verse-29-loyalty-gen1582-if-man-occupies-himself-with-the-study-of</link><description><![CDATA[GEN1582  If man occupies himself with the study of Torah and acts of kindness and so awakens the Divine attributes of mercy, then when he is, God forbid, in trouble, the Holy One, blessed be He, ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:26:22 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114557/genesis-chapter-47-verse-29-loyalty-gen1582-if-man-occupies-himself-with-the-study-of</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114557]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 47:29  loyalty — GEN1583  True kindness is when you help someone wi...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114558/genesis-chapter-47-verse-29-loyalty-gen1583-true-kindness-is-when-you-help-someone-wi</link><description><![CDATA[GEN1583  True kindness is when you help someone without any ulterior motive.   Rashi comments on the phrase “kindly and truly” that kindness which is shown to the dead is true kindness, for one who ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:26:23 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114558/genesis-chapter-47-verse-29-loyalty-gen1583-true-kindness-is-when-you-help-someone-wi</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114558]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 47:31  bowed — GEN1584  R. Binyamin b. Yefet said in the name of ...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114559/genesis-chapter-47-verse-31-bowed-gen1584-r-binyamin-b-yefet-said-in-the-name-of</link><description><![CDATA[GEN1584  R. Binyamin b. Yefet said in the name of R. Elazar: “This is as people say: ‘Bow down to the fox in his time’” [when he is in authority].  Megillah 16b  TEMIMAH-GEN 184]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:26:24 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114559/genesis-chapter-47-verse-31-bowed-gen1584-r-binyamin-b-yefet-said-in-the-name-of</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114559]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 47:31  swear — GEN1585  With some minor exceptions, promises are ...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114560/genesis-chapter-47-verse-31-swear-gen1585-with-some-minor-exceptions-promises-are</link><description><![CDATA[GEN1585  With some minor exceptions, promises are not enforceable.   The law that reflects   common cynical appraisal of promises.   They are hollow words spoken by someone eager to make a good ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:26:25 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114560/genesis-chapter-47-verse-31-swear-gen1585-with-some-minor-exceptions-promises-are</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114560]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 48:1  ill — GEN1586  See [[GEN250]] Genesis 2:7 nostrils ROSNE...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114561/genesis-chapter-48-verse-1-ill-gen1586-see-gen250-genesis-27-nostrils-rosne</link><description><![CDATA[GEN1586  See [[GEN250]] Genesis 2:7 nostrils ROSNER 284-5]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:26:26 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114561/genesis-chapter-48-verse-1-ill-gen1586-see-gen250-genesis-27-nostrils-rosne</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114561]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 48:5  sons — GEN1587  It was taught: “If a woman curses her hus...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114562/genesis-chapter-48-verse-5-sons-gen1587-it-was-taught-if-a-woman-curses-her-hus</link><description><![CDATA[GEN1587  It was taught: “If a woman curses her husband’s father in his [her husband’s] presence, she is divorced without receiving the amount stipulated in her  kethubah  [marriage contract.] R. ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:26:27 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114562/genesis-chapter-48-verse-5-sons-gen1587-it-was-taught-if-a-woman-curses-her-hus</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114562]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 48:15  shepherd — GEN1588  The dominant image of God in the Bible is...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114563/genesis-chapter-48-verse-15-shepherd-gen1588-the-dominant-image-of-god-in-the-bible-is</link><description><![CDATA[GEN1588  The dominant image of God in the Bible is as a shepherd of God’s human flock generally and of Israel in particular [this verse; Isaiah 40:11; Psalms 23:1] --an image that uses the ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:26:28 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/114563/genesis-chapter-48-verse-15-shepherd-gen1588-the-dominant-image-of-god-in-the-bible-is</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114563]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>