﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:50:14 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 - SHER20C</title><link>https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ctl/RSS/mid/381/ev/1/CategoryID/39/CategoryName/SHER20C</link><atom:link href="https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ctl/RSS/mid/381/ev/1/CategoryID/39/CategoryName/SHER20C" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:26  image — GEN57  Scripture describes the human being as crea...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113032/genesis-chapter-1-verse-26-image-gen57-scripture-describes-the-human-being-as-crea</link><description><![CDATA[GEN57  Scripture describes the human being as created in the image of God [this verse], but also as “dust” (see, e.g.  Genesis 3:9, Genesis 18:27; Job 42:6; Psalms 103:14 ).  One the one hand, “each ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:00:57 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113032/genesis-chapter-1-verse-26-image-gen57-scripture-describes-the-human-being-as-crea</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113032]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:26  image — GEN58  The Talmudic rabbis taught that God not onl...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113033/genesis-chapter-1-verse-26-image-gen58-the-talmudic-rabbis-taught-that-god-not-onl</link><description><![CDATA[GEN58  The Talmudic rabbis taught that God not only reveals the Torah, but that God also observes the commandments: “A human king issues a decree. The king may then choose to obey it; or the king may ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:00:58 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113033/genesis-chapter-1-verse-26-image-gen58-the-talmudic-rabbis-taught-that-god-not-onl</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113033]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:26  image — GEN59  Throughout classical Jewish literature, the...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113034/genesis-chapter-1-verse-26-image-gen59-throughout-classical-jewish-literature-the</link><description><![CDATA[GEN59  Throughout classical Jewish literature, there is a variety of interpretations of the term “image of God” that employs ontological analogies. For example, Maimonides considers God to be an ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:00:59 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113034/genesis-chapter-1-verse-26-image-gen59-throughout-classical-jewish-literature-the</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113034]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:28  fruitful — GEN144  Jewish law and ethics would not consider t...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113125/genesis-chapter-1-verse-28-fruitful-gen144-jewish-law-and-ethics-would-not-consider-t</link><description><![CDATA[GEN144  Jewish law and ethics would not consider the cloning of human beings to be forbidden.  As Elliot Dorff has put it, “human cloning should be regulated, not banned” (1997, 6; 1999, 322). ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:02:30 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113125/genesis-chapter-1-verse-28-fruitful-gen144-jewish-law-and-ethics-would-not-consider-t</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113125]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:31  very — GEN194  As a creation of the divine in the image o...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113172/genesis-chapter-1-verse-31-very-gen194-as-a-creation-of-the-divine-in-the-image-o</link><description><![CDATA[GEN194  As a creation of the divine in the image of God, the human body is a source of wonder, a manifestation of divine wisdom, an opportunity for profound gratitude. The following blessing, ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:03:17 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113172/genesis-chapter-1-verse-31-very-gen194-as-a-creation-of-the-divine-in-the-image-o</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113172]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:31  very — GEN196  Jewish thought perceives not only human ex...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113173/genesis-chapter-1-verse-31-very-gen196-jewish-thought-perceives-not-only-human-ex</link><description><![CDATA[GEN196  Jewish thought perceives not only human existence, but all of creation as being characterized by polarity.  …. Each entity depends upon and derives meaning from its polar counterpart.  ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:03:18 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113173/genesis-chapter-1-verse-31-very-gen196-jewish-thought-perceives-not-only-human-ex</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113173]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 2:24  leaves — GEN345  When to Honor Parents.  There are occasion...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113320/genesis-chapter-2-verse-24-leaves-gen345-when-to-honor-parents-there-are-occasion</link><description><![CDATA[GEN345  When to Honor Parents.  There are occasions when filial responsibility may temporarily be put aside in the name of a higher duty or for the purpose of fulfilling a more immediate obligation.  ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:05:45 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113320/genesis-chapter-2-verse-24-leaves-gen345-when-to-honor-parents-there-are-occasion</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113320]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 3:19  dust — GEN416  Jewish tradition confronts rather than avo...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113391/genesis-chapter-3-verse-19-dust-gen416-jewish-tradition-confronts-rather-than-avo</link><description><![CDATA[GEN416  Jewish tradition confronts rather than avoids the inevitability or the reality of death. At the very beginning of the Hebrew Scriptures, we are told [this verse].  Ecclesiastes (3:1-2)  ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:06:56 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113391/genesis-chapter-3-verse-19-dust-gen416-jewish-tradition-confronts-rather-than-avo</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113391]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 4:7  master — GEN476  Because free will is given, sin is inevita...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113455/genesis-chapter-4-verse-7-master-gen476-because-free-will-is-given-sin-is-inevita</link><description><![CDATA[GEN476  Because free will is given, sin is inevitable, and repentance is available.  “There is no person who does not sin” ( 1 Kings 8:46; 2 Chronicles 6:36 ).  However, as God informs Cain, “Sin ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:08:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113455/genesis-chapter-4-verse-7-master-gen476-because-free-will-is-given-sin-is-inevita</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113455]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 5:1  generations — GEN527  In [this and subsequent verses] we read, “...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113505/genesis-chapter-5-verse-1-generations-gen527-in-this-and-subsequent-verses-we-read</link><description><![CDATA[GEN527  In [this and subsequent verses] we read, “This is the book of the generations of Adam. – When God created man, God made him in the likeness of God; male and female God created them. And when ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:08:50 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113505/genesis-chapter-5-verse-1-generations-gen527-in-this-and-subsequent-verses-we-read</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113505]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>