﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:50:55 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 - AMJV</title><link>https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ctl/RSS/mid/381/ev/1/CategoryID/14/CategoryName/AMJV</link><atom:link href="https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ctl/RSS/mid/381/ev/1/CategoryID/14/CategoryName/AMJV" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:1  create — GEN7  A general rule in Jewish life is to try to i...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/112982/genesis-chapter-1-verse-1-create-gen7-a-general-rule-in-jewish-life-is-to-try-to-i</link><description><![CDATA[GEN7  A general rule in Jewish life is to try to imitate God and God’s ways.   Sotah 14a   Since the very first thing that God did in the Torah was to create the world, man is also obligated to ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:00:07 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/112982/genesis-chapter-1-verse-1-create-gen7-a-general-rule-in-jewish-life-is-to-try-to-i</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-112982]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:3  light   — GEN13  Observant Jews create fire as their very fi...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/112988/genesis-chapter-1-verse-3-light%c2%a0-gen13-observant-jews-create-fire-as-their-very-fi</link><description><![CDATA[GEN13  Observant Jews create fire as their very first action of the week, thus imitating God.  More than any other human act, making a fire demonstrates man’s creativity, as no other creature in the ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:00:13 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/112988/genesis-chapter-1-verse-3-light%c2%a0-gen13-observant-jews-create-fire-as-their-very-fi</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-112988]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:25  good   — GEN42  The nature of animals differs from that of ...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113017/genesis-chapter-1-verse-25-good%c2%a0-gen42-the-nature-of-animals-differs-from-that-of</link><description><![CDATA[GEN42  The nature of animals differs from that of man.  That of animals (i.e. instincts and tendencies) is fully formed at birth.  Hence, God was able to immediately judge that their creation was ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:00:42 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GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113038/genesis-chapter-1-verse-26-image%c2%a0-gen63-there-is-a-piece-of-god-as-it-were-inside</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113038]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:27  image — GEN107  Even a sinner who is a Jewish leader must ...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113065/genesis-chapter-1-verse-27-image-gen107-even-a-sinner-who-is-a-jewish-leader-must</link><description><![CDATA[GEN107  Even a sinner who is a Jewish leader must be accorded the minimum level of human dignity and may not be shunned by the community.  Every human being retains a part of God inside of him or her ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:01:30 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GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113066/genesis-chapter-1-verse-27-image-gen108-many-have-understood-the-godliness-in-man</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113066]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:27  image — GEN109  Since God does not have a physical image, ...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113067/genesis-chapter-1-verse-27-image-gen109-since-god-does-not-have-a-physical-image</link><description><![CDATA[GEN109  Since God does not have a physical image, there are many interpretations of what this verse signifies.  But it is clear that more than any other creature, man has the ability to imitate God’s ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:01:32 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