{"id":40496,"date":"2018-09-18T12:48:03","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T09:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=40496"},"modified":"2022-04-13T23:09:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T20:09:26","slug":"josephs-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/josephs-tears\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph\u2019s Tears"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":50634,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[362],"acf":{"old_id":"40496","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":35831,"related_cahpter":"50","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"","content":"<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2026And Joseph wept when they spoke to him\u201d <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Genesis 50:17)<\/span><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Why can\u2019t I control myself in front of my brothers?<br \/>\nWhy can\u2019t I restrain my tears,<br \/>\nor subjugate my emotions like I rule Pharaoh\u2019s servants in this land?<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">I mastered my inclinations when seductive charms enticed.<br \/>\nIn years as slave and prisoner, I overcame anger and never cried,<br \/>\nbut in front of my brothers my tears overflow like winter\u2019s desert streams.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Even after years of their dwelling in this land,<br \/>\nmy brothers send me messages, a fabrication of my father\u2019s will \u2013<br \/>\nwill they never speak to me face to face?<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Why does this invisible wall divide us?<br \/>\nAfter all I\u2019ve solved, why can\u2019t I unseal<br \/>\nthis locked gate?<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">As a boy, I sought my brothers when they watched my father\u2019s sheep.<br \/>\nThen, I crossed the Land alone.<br \/>\nToday I seek them still: still alone, I weep.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From: Ruth Fogelman, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leaving the Garden<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":85640,"id":85640,"title":"ps77-crying tears","filename":"ps77-crying-tears.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ps77-crying-tears.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/a-verse-and-its-meanings\/ps77-crying-tears\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"ps77-crying-tears","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":85639,"date":"2020-12-29 15:56:06","modified":"2022-06-22 15:21:05","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1280,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ps77-crying-tears-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ps77-crying-tears-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ps77-crying-tears-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ps77-crying-tears-1024x683.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":683,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ps77-crying-tears.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ps77-crying-tears.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1280,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ps77-crying-tears-1200x800.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":800,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ps77-crying-tears-630x420.jpg","home_baner-width":630,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"929 Poetry Corner","main_caption":"Joseph\u2019s Tears","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"Today I seek them still: still alone, I weep. 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