﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:50:15 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 - SINAI1</title><link>https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ctl/RSS/mid/381/ev/1/CategoryID/352/CategoryName/SINAI1</link><atom:link href="https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ctl/RSS/mid/381/ev/1/CategoryID/352/CategoryName/SINAI1" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:1  beginning — GEN5  <i>Rabbi Elazar said, A good heart</i>. <i>P...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/112980/genesis-chapter-1-verse-1-beginning-gen5-irabbi-elazar-said-a-good-hearti-ip</link><description><![CDATA[GEN5   Rabbi Elazar said, A good heart .  Pirkei Avot II:13-14   This seems to denote a spontaneous, open love for the good everywhere, an intuitive grasp of what is good in every situation, and a ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:00:05 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/112980/genesis-chapter-1-verse-1-beginning-gen5-irabbi-elazar-said-a-good-hearti-ip</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-112980]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:1  beginning — GEN6  In the <i>Book of Proverbs</i> the wise Solo...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/112981/genesis-chapter-1-verse-1-beginning-gen6-in-the-ibook-of-proverbsi-the-wise-solo</link><description><![CDATA[GEN6  In the  Book of Proverbs  the wise Solomon [provides the insight]: “The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord.”  Proverbs 1:7 .  Wisdom, the knowledge of science, can give you ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:00:06 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/112981/genesis-chapter-1-verse-1-beginning-gen6-in-the-ibook-of-proverbsi-the-wise-solo</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-112981]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:11  grass — GEN24  <i>Rabban Simeon  ben Gamaliel said: By thr...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/112999/genesis-chapter-1-verse-11-grass-gen24-irabban-simeon-ben-gamaliel-said-by-thr</link><description><![CDATA[GEN24   Rabban Simeon  ben Gamaliel said: By three things does the world endure; by Truth, justice, and peace—as it is said, Truth and judgment of peace, administer in your gates.  Zechariah 8:16 . ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:00:24 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/112999/genesis-chapter-1-verse-11-grass-gen24-irabban-simeon-ben-gamaliel-said-by-thr</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-112999]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:31  very — GEN198  The <i>mitzvoth</i> are indeed for spiritu...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113174/genesis-chapter-1-verse-31-very-gen198-the-imitzvothi-are-indeed-for-spiritu</link><description><![CDATA[GEN198  The  mitzvoth  are indeed for spiritual cleansing.  We live in a world of temptation and brutality.  Our senses are constantly assailed by a barrage of banality and obscenity.  Our mass media ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:03:19 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113174/genesis-chapter-1-verse-31-very-gen198-the-imitzvothi-are-indeed-for-spiritu</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113174]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 3:3  touch — GEN359  Whoever increases words brings on sin. <i>...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113334/genesis-chapter-3-verse-3-touch-gen359-whoever-increases-words-brings-on-sin-i</link><description><![CDATA[GEN359  Whoever increases words brings on sin.  Pirkei Avot I:17 . A classic illustration of this can be found in the Biblical account of the Serpent’s subtle inducement of Eve to eat of the ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:05:59 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113334/genesis-chapter-3-verse-3-touch-gen359-whoever-increases-words-brings-on-sin-i</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113334]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 3:19  bread — GEN414  <i>Where there is no flour [bread] there i...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113389/genesis-chapter-3-verse-19-bread-gen414-iwhere-there-is-no-flour-bread-there-i</link><description><![CDATA[GEN414   Where there is no flour [bread] there is no Torah Book & Portion; where there is no Torah, there is no flour [bread]   Pirkei Avot III:21   … we could interpret it to mean that “if there is ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:06:54 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113389/genesis-chapter-3-verse-19-bread-gen414-iwhere-there-is-no-flour-bread-there-i</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113389]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 4:9  keeper — GEN501  We live in an age when <i>mussar</i>, ethi...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113474/genesis-chapter-4-verse-9-keeper-gen501-we-live-in-an-age-when-imussari-ethi</link><description><![CDATA[GEN501  We live in an age when  mussar , ethical teaching, is considered outmoded; chastisement and constructive moral criticism are considered in bad taste; to insist on religious self-examination ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:08:19 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113474/genesis-chapter-4-verse-9-keeper-gen501-we-live-in-an-age-when-imussari-ethi</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113474]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 4:9  keeper — GEN497  Do not separate yourself from the communit...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113475/genesis-chapter-4-verse-9-keeper-gen497-do-not-separate-yourself-from-the-communit</link><description><![CDATA[GEN497  Do not separate yourself from the community.   Pirkei Avot II:5   For long periods of his life the human being is quite helpless, unable to survive alone. In infancy, in sickness, in old age, ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:08:20 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113475/genesis-chapter-4-verse-9-keeper-gen497-do-not-separate-yourself-from-the-communit</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113475]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 4:10  blood — GEN503  <i>Know where you come from</i> … <i>Pirke...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113481/genesis-chapter-4-verse-10-blood-gen503-iknow-where-you-come-fromi-ipirke</link><description><![CDATA[GEN503   Know where you come from  …  Pirkei Avot III:1   At any given time a person exists in a certain situation with specific conditions and possibilities.  In your specific circumstances, with ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:08:26 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113481/genesis-chapter-4-verse-10-blood-gen503-iknow-where-you-come-fromi-ipirke</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113481]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 9:2  beast — GEN659  <i>Ferocious beasts come upon the world on...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113634/genesis-chapter-9-verse-2-beast-gen659-iferocious-beasts-come-upon-the-world-on</link><description><![CDATA[GEN659   Ferocious beasts come upon the world on account of false oaths. Pirkei Avot V:10-11  … the animal knows no surcease from his particular activity or pattern of living.  The lion will continue ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:10:59 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113634/genesis-chapter-9-verse-2-beast-gen659-iferocious-beasts-come-upon-the-world-on</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113634]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>