﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:51:45 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 - OXFORD</title><link>https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ctl/RSS/mid/381/ev/1/CategoryID/17/CategoryName/OXFORD</link><atom:link href="https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ctl/RSS/mid/381/ev/1/CategoryID/17/CategoryName/OXFORD" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:22  blessed — GEN35  Ethically charged engagements with animals ...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113010/genesis-chapter-1-verse-22-blessed-gen35-ethically-charged-engagements-with-animals</link><description><![CDATA[GEN35  Ethically charged engagements with animals permeate Jewish traditions, beginning with the Bible. Compassion ( rahamim ) for animals is deeply interwoven with the Pentateuchal narrative where ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:00:35 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113010/genesis-chapter-1-verse-22-blessed-gen35-ethically-charged-engagements-with-animals</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113010]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:26  image — GEN53  [The Tanakh’s] first statements about human...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113028/genesis-chapter-1-verse-26-image-gen53-the-tanakhs-first-statements-about-human</link><description><![CDATA[GEN53  [The Tanakh’s] first statements about humankind confer upon them great dignity and worth, as humans are “created in God’s image” [this verse] formed by God’s hands, and animated by His breath ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:00:53 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113028/genesis-chapter-1-verse-26-image-gen53-the-tanakhs-first-statements-about-human</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113028]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:27  image — GEN90  Foundational Jewish values… shape Jewish un...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113084/genesis-chapter-1-verse-27-image-gen90-foundational-jewish-values-shape-jewish-un</link><description><![CDATA[GEN90  Foundational Jewish values… shape Jewish understandings regarding the distribution of health care. Among these, the Book of Genesis (1:27) teaches that God created humans in God’s image, ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:01:49 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113084/genesis-chapter-1-verse-27-image-gen90-foundational-jewish-values-shape-jewish-un</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113084]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:27  image — GEN92  In today’s society, where people are often ...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113085/genesis-chapter-1-verse-27-image-gen92-in-todays-society-where-people-are-often</link><description><![CDATA[GEN92  In today’s society, where people are often disconnected from their community, a discussion of “victimless crimes” may have traction.  Judaism’s approach to criminal justice is based on its ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:01:50 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113085/genesis-chapter-1-verse-27-image-gen92-in-todays-society-where-people-are-often</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113085]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:27  male/female — GEN128  A man fulfills his duty to procreate, acco...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113106/genesis-chapter-1-verse-27-male%2ffemale-gen128-a-man-fulfills-his-duty-to-procreate-acco</link><description><![CDATA[GEN128  A man fulfills his duty to procreate, according to Jewish law, when he produces one boy and one girl Mishnah Yevamot 6:6 (61b); Laws of Marriage 15:4; Shulchan Aruch Even Ha-Ezer 1:5, thus ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:02:11 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113106/genesis-chapter-1-verse-27-male%2ffemale-gen128-a-man-fulfills-his-duty-to-procreate-acco</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113106]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:28  fertile  — GEN140  Sex has two goals, the pleasurable bonding...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113117/genesis-chapter-1-verse-28-fertile-gen140-sex-has-two-goals-the-pleasurable-bonding</link><description><![CDATA[GEN140  Sex has two goals, the pleasurable bonding of the couple and procreation. The Torah includes a number of sexual prohibitions regarding with whom one may have sex [for example, Leviticus 18, ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:02:22 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113117/genesis-chapter-1-verse-28-fertile-gen140-sex-has-two-goals-the-pleasurable-bonding</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113117]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:29  food — GEN178  Genesis 1:29-30 is interpreted with near u...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113154/genesis-chapter-1-verse-29-food-gen178-genesis-12930-is-interpreted-with-near-u</link><description><![CDATA[GEN178  Genesis 1:29-30 is interpreted with near unanimity by classic Jewish and Christian biblical commentators as indicating that God originally commanded humans to be vegetarian. (By Aaron S. ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:02:59 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113154/genesis-chapter-1-verse-29-food-gen178-genesis-12930-is-interpreted-with-near-u</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113154]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:29  you — GEN187  The Maharal (Judah ben Bezalel Low, ca. 15...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113162/genesis-chapter-1-verse-29-you-gen187-the-maharal-judah-ben-bezalel-low-ca-15</link><description><![CDATA[GEN187  The Maharal (Judah ben Bezalel Low, ca. 1520-1609) provides the most explicit articulation of animals having an inherent value rooted in divine concern.  “Everything, like grasses and fruits, ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:03:07 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113162/genesis-chapter-1-verse-29-you-gen187-the-maharal-judah-ben-bezalel-low-ca-15</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113162]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 2:7  living — GEN246  Speech differentiates human beings from ot...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113217/genesis-chapter-2-verse-7-living-gen246-speech-differentiates-human-beings-from-ot</link><description><![CDATA[GEN246  Speech differentiates human beings from other living beings and, in the Jewish view, makes us similar to God.  In the Torah, God is said to have carried out the work of creation through ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:04:02 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113217/genesis-chapter-2-verse-7-living-gen246-speech-differentiates-human-beings-from-ot</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113217]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 2:7  man   — GEN249  The story of Eden begins by pointing us to...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113223/genesis-chapter-2-verse-7-man%c2%a0-gen249-the-story-of-eden-begins-by-pointing-us-to</link><description><![CDATA[GEN249  The story of Eden begins by pointing us toward the close relationship between humans and the earth: “And YHWH [the Name of God that can only be pronounced by breathing with no vowels, thus ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:04:08 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113223/genesis-chapter-2-verse-7-man%c2%a0-gen249-the-story-of-eden-begins-by-pointing-us-to</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113223]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>