﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:50:05 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 - ISAACS</title><link>https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ctl/RSS/mid/381/ev/1/CategoryID/62/CategoryName/ISAACS</link><atom:link href="https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ctl/RSS/mid/381/ev/1/CategoryID/62/CategoryName/ISAACS" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:28  fertile  — GEN141  The Jewish people have been called the peo...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113115/genesis-chapter-1-verse-28-fertile-gen141-the-jewish-people-have-been-called-the-peo</link><description><![CDATA[GEN141  The Jewish people have been called the people of the book, but we are surely the people of the family.  One of the first mitzvoth in the Bible is that of “be fruitful and multiply,” thus ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:02:20 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113115/genesis-chapter-1-verse-28-fertile-gen141-the-jewish-people-have-been-called-the-peo</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113115]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 1:28  fertile  — GEN142  The Jewish people have been called the peo...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113116/genesis-chapter-1-verse-28-fertile-gen142-the-jewish-people-have-been-called-the-peo</link><description><![CDATA[GEN142  The Jewish people have been called the people of the book, but we are surely the people of the family.  One of the first mitzvoth in the Bible is that of “be fruitful and multiply,” thus ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:02:21 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113116/genesis-chapter-1-verse-28-fertile-gen142-the-jewish-people-have-been-called-the-peo</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113116]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 18:1  appeared — GEN885  For Jewish people, <i>bikkur cholim</i> (H...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113862/genesis-chapter-18-verse-1-appeared-gen885-for-jewish-people-ibikkur-cholimi-h</link><description><![CDATA[GEN885  For Jewish people,  bikkur cholim  (Hebrew for “visiting the sick”) is one important way of serving one’s fellow human being. Visiting the sick is much more than simply a social act that is ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:14:47 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113862/genesis-chapter-18-verse-1-appeared-gen885-for-jewish-people-ibikkur-cholimi-h</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113862]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 18:2  ran — GEN903  Using [Abraham] as an example, the rabbis ...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113873/genesis-chapter-18-verse-2-ran-gen903-using-abraham-as-an-example-the-rabbis</link><description><![CDATA[GEN903  Using [Abraham] as an example, the rabbis praised the virtues of hospitality and developed a set of rules for both the guest and host to follow. [See source pages 89-96 for discussion and ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:14:58 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/113873/genesis-chapter-18-verse-2-ran-gen903-using-abraham-as-an-example-the-rabbis</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-113873]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 18:33  departed — GEN1059  Never leave on trip unannounced: Announci...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114034/genesis-chapter-18-verse-33-departed-gen1059-never-leave-on-trip-unannounced-announci</link><description><![CDATA[GEN1059  Never leave on trip unannounced: Announcing one’s departure shows honor to the other person.  One should not leave his teacher or friend without informing him or her of one’s departure.  All ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:17:39 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114034/genesis-chapter-18-verse-33-departed-gen1059-never-leave-on-trip-unannounced-announci</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114034]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 21:33  tamarisk — GEN1122  In a beautiful legend [Midrash Psalms 37]...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114097/genesis-chapter-21-verse-33-tamarisk-gen1122-in-a-beautiful-legend-midrash-psalms-37</link><description><![CDATA[GEN1122  In a beautiful legend [Midrash Psalms 37] related to Abraham, we are again reminded of the virtues of hospitality.   In [this verse], Abraham plants an  eishel  (tamarisk tree) in Beer ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:18:42 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114097/genesis-chapter-21-verse-33-tamarisk-gen1122-in-a-beautiful-legend-midrash-psalms-37</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114097]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[GENESIS | 27:13  me — GEN1239  Avoid Causing a Quarrel between Parents. ...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114214/genesis-chapter-27-verse-13-me-gen1239-avoid-causing-a-quarrel-between-parents</link><description><![CDATA[GEN1239  Avoid Causing a Quarrel between Parents.   If your mother tells you, “Son, please do this,” and then your father angrily exclaims, “What is that you have done? Who told you to do that?” do ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:20:39 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114214/genesis-chapter-27-verse-13-me-gen1239-avoid-causing-a-quarrel-between-parents</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114214]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[EXODUS | 6:13  Pharaoh — EXOD109  Who is honored? One who honors his fellow...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114701/exodus-chapter-6-verse-13-pharaoh-exod109-who-is-honored-one-who-honors-his-fellow</link><description><![CDATA[EXOD109  Who is honored? One who honors his fellow human beings (Ethics of the Fathers 4:1). … Marks of distinction (in Hebrew, kavod) accorded to individuals are represented in Talmudic literature ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:01:49 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114701/exodus-chapter-6-verse-13-pharaoh-exod109-who-is-honored-one-who-honors-his-fellow</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114701]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[EXODUS | 20:9  falsely — EXOD388  What can words do that are unethical? The...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114978/exodus-chapter-20-verse-9-falsely-exod388-what-can-words-do-that-are-unethical-the</link><description><![CDATA[EXOD388  What can words do that are unethical? The power of a person to do harm through communication is so great that it even appears as one of the Ten Commandments: The ninth commandment states: ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:06:26 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114978/exodus-chapter-20-verse-9-falsely-exod388-what-can-words-do-that-are-unethical-the</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114978]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[EXODUS | 20:9  work — EXOD391  It is a person's duty to work, and Judais...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114985/exodus-chapter-20-verse-9-work-exod391-it-is-a-persons-duty-to-work-and-judais</link><description><![CDATA[EXOD391  It is a person's duty to work, and Judaism has always stressed the importance of the work ethic and being a productive worker. A person who works is enabled to be self-supporting. The rabbis ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:06:33 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114985/exodus-chapter-20-verse-9-work-exod391-it-is-a-persons-duty-to-work-and-judais</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114985]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>