﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:51:48 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 - SACKS</title><link>https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ctl/RSS/mid/381/ev/1/CategoryID/15/CategoryName/SACKS</link><atom:link href="https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ctl/RSS/mid/381/ev/1/CategoryID/15/CategoryName/SACKS" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:3  said — GEN16  What exactly is being said in the first cha...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/112991/genesis-chapter-1-verse-3-said-gen16-what-exactly-is-being-said-in-the-first-cha</link><description><![CDATA[GEN16  What exactly is being said in the first chapter of the Torah? The first thing to note is that it is not a standalone utterance, an account without a context. It is in fact a polemic, a ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:00:16 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/112991/genesis-chapter-1-verse-3-said-gen16-what-exactly-is-being-said-in-the-first-cha</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-112991]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:26  image — GEN56  [One of] the features of the ethic of Torah...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113031/genesis-chapter-1-verse-26-image-gen56-one-of-the-features-of-the-ethic-of-torah</link><description><![CDATA[GEN56  [One of] the features of the ethic of Torah that make it transformative and uniquely sustainable over time … was the unprecedented dignity of the individual, signaled in the statement of the ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:00:56 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113031/genesis-chapter-1-verse-26-image-gen56-one-of-the-features-of-the-ethic-of-torah</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113031]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:26  rule — GEN67  [This verse] Note that there is no suggesti...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113042/genesis-chapter-1-verse-26-rule-gen67-this-verse-note-that-there-is-no-suggesti</link><description><![CDATA[GEN67  [This verse] Note that there is no suggestion that anyone has the right to have dominion over any other human being. In  Paradise Lost , Milton, like the Midrash, states that this was the sin ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:01:07 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113042/genesis-chapter-1-verse-26-rule-gen67-this-verse-note-that-there-is-no-suggesti</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113042]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:26  us — GEN77  Samson Rafael Hirsch in the 19th century ga...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113052/genesis-chapter-1-verse-26-us-gen77-samson-rafael-hirsch-in-the-19th-century-ga</link><description><![CDATA[GEN77  Samson Rafael Hirsch in the 19th century gave the most forcible interpretation of biblical law. The statutes relating to environmental protection, he said, represent the principle that “The ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:01:17 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113052/genesis-chapter-1-verse-26-us-gen77-samson-rafael-hirsch-in-the-19th-century-ga</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113052]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:27  image — GEN84  [This verse and Genesis 1:26 are] not so mu...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113089/genesis-chapter-1-verse-27-image-gen84-this-verse-and-genesis-126-are-not-so-mu</link><description><![CDATA[GEN84  [This verse and Genesis 1:26 are] not so much a metaphysical statement about the nature of the human person as it is a  political protest against the very basis of hierarchical, class-or ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:01:54 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113089/genesis-chapter-1-verse-27-image-gen84-this-verse-and-genesis-126-are-not-so-mu</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113089]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:27  image — GEN120  The idea set forth [in this and the preced...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113090/genesis-chapter-1-verse-27-image-gen120-the-idea-set-forth-in-this-and-the-preced</link><description><![CDATA[GEN120  The idea set forth [in this and the preceding verse] is perhaps the most transformative in the entire history of moral and political thought. It is the basis of the civilization of the West ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:01:55 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113090/genesis-chapter-1-verse-27-image-gen120-the-idea-set-forth-in-this-and-the-preced</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113090]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:28  rule — GEN166  See [[GEN559]] Genesis 6:6 evil SACKS 11-1...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113141/genesis-chapter-1-verse-28-rule-gen166-see-gen559-genesis-66-evil-sacks-111</link><description><![CDATA[GEN166  See [[GEN559]] Genesis 6:6 evil SACKS 11-12 ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:02:46 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113141/genesis-chapter-1-verse-28-rule-gen166-see-gen559-genesis-66-evil-sacks-111</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113141]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:29  food — GEN183  See [[GEN493]] Genesis 4:8 killed SACKS 15...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113156/genesis-chapter-1-verse-29-food-gen183-see-gen493-genesis-48-killed-sacks-15</link><description><![CDATA[GEN183  See [[GEN493]] Genesis 4:8 killed SACKS 159-60 ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:03:01 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113156/genesis-chapter-1-verse-29-food-gen183-see-gen493-genesis-48-killed-sacks-15</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113156]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 2:15  tend — GEN271  Man was set in the garden of Eden “to work...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113245/genesis-chapter-2-verse-15-tend-gen271-man-was-set-in-the-garden-of-eden-to-work</link><description><![CDATA[GEN271  Man was set in the garden of Eden “to work it and take care of it” [this verse]. The two Hebrew verbs are significant. The first -  le’avda  – literally means “to serve it.” Man is not just a ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:04:30 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113245/genesis-chapter-2-verse-15-tend-gen271-man-was-set-in-the-garden-of-eden-to-work</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113245]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 2:18  alone — GEN303  The Torah suggests we are both destructive...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113279/genesis-chapter-2-verse-18-alone-gen303-the-torah-suggests-we-are-both-destructive</link><description><![CDATA[GEN303  The Torah suggests we are both destructive and constructive, and evolutionary psychology tells us why. We are born to compete and cooperate. On the one hand, life is a competitive struggle ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:05:04 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113279/genesis-chapter-2-verse-18-alone-gen303-the-torah-suggests-we-are-both-destructive</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113279]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>