﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:53:25 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 - OHRYIS</title><link>https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ctl/RSS/mid/381/ev/1/CategoryID/50/CategoryName/OHRYIS</link><atom:link href="https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ctl/RSS/mid/381/ev/1/CategoryID/50/CategoryName/OHRYIS" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:4  light — GEN21  Rav Yisrael [Salanter]’s profound contempla...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/112996/genesis-chapter-1-verse-4-light-gen21-rav-yisrael-salanters-profound-contempla</link><description><![CDATA[GEN21  Rav Yisrael [Salanter]’s profound contemplation of Mussar led him to realize that its “light was good” [this verse] and that it was an excellent means to strengthen Torah observance amongst ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:00:21 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/112996/genesis-chapter-1-verse-4-light-gen21-rav-yisrael-salanters-profound-contempla</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-112996]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 2:7  dust — GEN228  Insofar as man is a physical being – “dust...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113204/genesis-chapter-2-verse-7-dust-gen228-insofar-as-man-is-a-physical-being-dust</link><description><![CDATA[GEN228  Insofar as man is a physical being – “dust from the ground” [this verse], his heart inclines to the material. Therefore, he desires to “eat, drink, and be merry.” He loves wealth and fortune, ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:03:49 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113204/genesis-chapter-2-verse-7-dust-gen228-insofar-as-man-is-a-physical-being-dust</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113204]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 3:5  know — GEN363  The joy of knowledge.  When a person accus...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113338/genesis-chapter-3-verse-5-know-gen363-the-joy-of-knowledge-when-a-person-accus</link><description><![CDATA[GEN363  The joy of knowledge.  When a person accustoms himself to study works of Mussar, his eyes will also be opened to see the immense reward reserved for those who perform Hashem’s will, and the ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:06:03 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113338/genesis-chapter-3-verse-5-know-gen363-the-joy-of-knowledge-when-a-person-accus</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113338]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 4:7  door — GEN471  The Sages versed in the topic of <i>yirah<...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113446/genesis-chapter-4-verse-7-door-gen471-the-sages-versed-in-the-topic-of-iyirah</link><description><![CDATA[GEN471  The Sages versed in the topic of  yirah  [i.e., fear/awe of Heaven - AJL] wrote an explanation of the following verse: “Surely, if you improve yourself, you will be forgiven. But if you do ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:07:51 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113446/genesis-chapter-4-verse-7-door-gen471-the-sages-versed-in-the-topic-of-iyirah</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113446]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 6:9  walk — GEN585  See [[GEN867]] Genesis 17:1 perfect OHRYIS...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113560/genesis-chapter-6-verse-9-walk-gen585-see-gen867-genesis-171-perfectohryis</link><description><![CDATA[GEN585  See [[GEN867]] Genesis 17:1 perfect OHRYIS 308-9]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:09:45 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113560/genesis-chapter-6-verse-9-walk-gen585-see-gen867-genesis-171-perfectohryis</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113560]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 8:21  evil — GEN647  The reason Hashem obligates man to activel...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113620/genesis-chapter-8-verse-21-evil-gen647-the-reason-hashem-obligates-man-to-activel</link><description><![CDATA[GEN647  The reason Hashem obligates man to actively strengthen his faith and persist in prayer is solely for the benefit of man. Hashem, Who is exalted beyond all blessing and praise—and everything ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:10:45 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113620/genesis-chapter-8-verse-21-evil-gen647-the-reason-hashem-obligates-man-to-activel</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113620]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 17:1  perfect — GEN869  Purity was the special quality of Avraham ...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113844/genesis-chapter-17-verse-1-perfect-gen869-purity-was-the-special-quality-of-avraham</link><description><![CDATA[GEN869  Purity was the special quality of Avraham Avinu, a”h – he rectified all the internal forces that are part and parcel of the body. As the midrash states ( Bereshis Rabbah 46:3 ): “ HaKadosh ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:14:29 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113844/genesis-chapter-17-verse-1-perfect-gen869-purity-was-the-special-quality-of-avraham</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113844]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 19:20  near — GEN1073  The Rambam wrote, “It is possible that a ...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114048/genesis-chapter-19-verse-20-near-gen1073-the-rambam-wrote-it-is-possible-that-a</link><description><![CDATA[GEN1073  The Rambam wrote, “It is possible that a man will commit a severe transgression or a myriad of transgressions, until judgment demands, before the True Judge, that the punishment for the sins ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:17:53 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114048/genesis-chapter-19-verse-20-near-gen1073-the-rambam-wrote-it-is-possible-that-a</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114048]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 24:1  everything — GEN1163  … we are now in position to understand th...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114138/genesis-chapter-24-verse-1-everything-gen1163-we-are-now-in-position-to-understand-th</link><description><![CDATA[GEN1163  … we are now in position to understand the following passage found in Chazal  Genesis Rabbah 59:7 : “[The verse says,] ‘And Hashem blessed Avraham with everything’ [this verse].  This means ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:19:23 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114138/genesis-chapter-24-verse-1-everything-gen1163-we-are-now-in-position-to-understand-th</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114138]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 28:17  house — GEN1268  The obligation of the mitzvah to learn To...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114243/genesis-chapter-28-verse-17-house-gen1268-the-obligation-of-the-mitzvah-to-learn-to</link><description><![CDATA[GEN1268  The obligation of the mitzvah to learn Torah is well known. Indeed, we are taught in the Talmud (Shabbat 31a): “When a man is led in for judgment [in the Next World]   he is asked … ‘Did you ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:21:08 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114243/genesis-chapter-28-verse-17-house-gen1268-the-obligation-of-the-mitzvah-to-learn-to</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114243]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>