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The first portion of Exodus 30, vs. 1-10, is devoted to a description of the \u201c<\/span>mizbeach hazahav<\/span><\/em>\u201d (the golden altar) or <\/span>\u201c<\/span><\/i>mizbeach haketoret<\/span><\/em>\u201d (the incense altar) upon which an incense offering is presented daily by the High Priest (verse 7).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When considering the manner in which the various artifacts of the Tabernacle are listed, this particular altar appears to be \u201cout of order.\u201d In Exodus 25, the components that are to be placed within the Tabernacle\u2019s Holy Precincts are duly presented, (the ark; the table; the candelabrum). But instead of discussing the incense altar at the end of ch. 25, the text waits to mention this important component of the sacrificial cult until ch. 30! In ch. 37, the incense altar is mentioned immediately following the candelabrum, in\u00a0 verses 25-8.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What might account for such a glaring non sequitur the first time this artifact is discussed?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Ovadia Seforno notes that the three artifacts mentioned in ch. 25, i.e., the ark, the table, and the candelabrum, were intended to contribute to bringing to fruition God\u2019s avowed purpose re the Tabernacle (\u201cthat I may Dwell among them\u201d, v. 8). However, he suggests that the incense altar, albeit located in the same area as the table and the candelabrum, was intended to address a different purpose: to honor God once He already Took up residence within the Tabernacle,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Incense is a potent symbol. In addition to serving as part of the everyday continual sacrifice (see\u00a0 v. 8,) the cloud created by incense acts as a parallel to the smoke and thick cloud on Sinai, as well as a means of quelling plagues and death (see Num. 17:10-3). According to the Talmud, Moses was taught about the efficacy of incense to combat death, when he went up on Mt. Sinai to receive the tablets, and ending up receiving presents from the various angels upon his successful defense of God\u2019s decision to give the Torah to human beings:<\/span>
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\u2026And even the Angel of Death gave him (<\/span>Moses<\/span><\/i>) something<\/span>,<\/b> as Moses told Aaron how to stop the plague, as it is stated: (Num. 17:12) \u201cAnd he placed the incense, and he atoned for the people.\u201d And the verse says: (Ibid. 13) \u201cAnd he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped.\u201d If it were not that the Angel of Death told him (<\/span>Moses<\/span><\/i>) this remedy, would he have known it? (Shabbat 89a).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Perhaps such contexts contribute meaning to the daily incense offering, suggesting that each of us should at least metaphorically enter the Holy of Holies every day in order to express our hopes and dreams to God, while at the same time realizing how close we often have come to Divine destruction and suffering.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":101266,"alt":"","title":"-61f96ef796074--61f96ef7960752chron36-hope 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Chapter 30 discusses the golden incense altar. The altar was located inside the Mishkan structure in between the table and the menorah right in front of the Holy of Holies. Why is the altar discussed here after the clothing of the high priest and well after all the other vessels are discussed?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Ramban explains that the altar is connected to the penultimate verse in the previous chapter where God proclaims that he will dwell amongst the people in the Mishkan. The incense altar is what allows God to dwell amongst the people, because the incense represents the attribute of justice. Later on in the text, Moses will burn incense to halt a plague. Ramban\u2019s interpretation does not fully explain why the altar is listed last. It could have been listed after the other vessels, but not after the whole ceremony for the priests.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Sforno has the exact opposite opinion. He looks at the penultimate verse in the previous chapter as a conclusion of the previous section, and not as a link. Everything else in the Mishkan was meant to make it a location for God to dwell amongst the people. The incense altar was there to thank God for dwelling and connecting with the people. That is why it comes after everything else. The problem with Sforno\u2019s explanation is that the seventh verse links the menorah to the altar: \u201cOn it Aaron shall burn aromatic incense: he shall burn it every morning when he tends the lamps\u201d (verse 7).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It is possible that the golden altar is here to bookend the description of the Mishkan. The description started with the Ark in the Holy of Holies and then worked its way outside to the menorah and the table, then the actual structure itself, then the copper altar outside, and then priests. 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Today\u2019s chapter continues with the details of the sacrificial order, including the need for the sweet-smelling incense, in part, to counter the slaughterhouse smell of the temple. Among the mandated procedures is the priest\u2019s regular burning of incense at twilight, when he ascends to light the lamps of the menorah.<\/p>\r\n

The great Kabbalist and mystic of sixteenth century Safed, Rabbi Isaac Luria, pointed out that the when we look at the opening letters of the words \u201cthe lamps at twilight\u201d - \u00a0\u00a0\u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05d4\u05b7\u05e0\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8\u05b9\u059b\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05a5\u05d9\u05df \u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05b2\u05e8\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u0596\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u00a0- it forms the acronym Ahavah the Hebrew word for love.\u00a0 Each and every day, the great mystic teaches, if Aaron wants his service to ascend to the heaven he must do it with feeling, with emotion, with love.<\/p>\r\n

The Chasidic master R. Chaim of Chernowitz writes that the idea is true our daily rituals as Jews. When we just follow the daily procedures dictated by God as simply habits, then we are acting like lifeless individuals, and the mitzvot we perform have no effect upon the Almighty.<\/p>\r\n

I believe that the R. Luria\u2019s idea has a more pressing application, one desperately needed today.<\/p>\r\n

The reality of the world is that there are many \u201cpungent odors,\u201d many bad actors performing various evil deeds. But like Aaron the priest, each of us has the ability, indeed the responsibility, to dispel those bad smells with the \u201cfine aromas\u201d of kindness and good deeds. But the only way to eventually eliminate the foul odors is when ahavah<\/em>, when love is at the core. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n

The past week has had quite a stench to it, but the way to counteract that, is not by posting our beliefs on Facebook (has anyone ever changed their political beliefs from a Facebook post?) or \u201cenlightening\u201d those with whom we disagree that our views are morally superior\u2026but rather by the performance of good deeds rooted in love.<\/p>\r\n

cover art: Hate Has No Home Here,\u00a0Steven Luce and the Hollywood-North Park Community Association (used according to usage guidelines).<\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":43159,"alt":"","title":"hhnhh_horizontal_poster","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hhnhh_horizontal_poster-e1541068535316.jpg","width":1469,"height":1080,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hhnhh_horizontal_poster-e1541068535316-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hhnhh_horizontal_poster-e1541068535316-300x221.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":221,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hhnhh_horizontal_poster-e1541068535316-768x565.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":565,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hhnhh_horizontal_poster-e1541068535316-1024x753.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":753,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hhnhh_horizontal_poster-e1541068535316.jpg","1536x1536-width":1469,"1536x1536-height":1080,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hhnhh_horizontal_poster-e1541068535316.jpg","2048x2048-width":1469,"2048x2048-height":1080,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hhnhh_horizontal_poster-e1541068535316-1200x882.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":882,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hhnhh_horizontal_poster-e1541068535316-571x420.jpg","home_baner-width":571,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"Lighting The Lamps With Love","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"How to counteract the stench of hate in the world","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":43159,"alt":"","title":"hhnhh_horizontal_poster","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hhnhh_horizontal_poster-e1541068535316.jpg","width":1469,"height":1080,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hhnhh_horizontal_poster-e1541068535316-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hhnhh_horizontal_poster-e1541068535316-300x221.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":221,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hhnhh_horizontal_poster-e1541068535316-768x565.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":565,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hhnhh_horizontal_poster-e1541068535316-1024x753.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":753,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hhnhh_horizontal_poster-e1541068535316.jpg","1536x1536-width":1469,"1536x1536-height":1080,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hhnhh_horizontal_poster-e1541068535316.jpg","2048x2048-width":1469,"2048x2048-height":1080,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hhnhh_horizontal_poster-e1541068535316-1200x882.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":882,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hhnhh_horizontal_poster-e1541068535316-571x420.jpg","home_baner-width":571,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","links":false,"send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Exodus","chapter":"30","chapter_main_number":"80","date":"20251218","wall_id":"80"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"381","name":"love","old_id":"781"},{"term_id":"688","name":"Incense","old_id":"1088"}]},{"order":5,"id":"43044","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Biblical Recipes - 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When we think about recipes today, we are likely to think about food. Bookstores and the internet are overflowing with cook books, not least Jewish ones. Need to make gluten-free vegan challah? Reach for your smartphone! There's no dearth of instructions in the Torah concerning which animals are permitted for food (Lev. 11; Deut. 14:3-21) and where they may be eaten (Lev. 6:19). There are rules and regulations about when certain agricultural produce (Deut. 26:10-11) and fruit of trees can be eaten (Leviticus 19:23-25).\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

But there are no recipes\u2014at least for food. Instead, the kind of instructions and ingredient lists we might associate with an Ottolenghi cookbook are reserved for incense (Ex. 30: 34-37), and inedible blends of oil (vv. 22-25):<\/p>\r\n

...[T]ake choice spices: five hundred weight of solidified myrrh, half as much\u2014two hundred and fifty\u2014of fragrant cinnamon, two hundred and fifty of aromatic cane, five hundred\u2014by the sanctuary weight\u2014of cassia, and a hin of olive oil. Make of this a sacred anointing oil, a compound of ingredients expertly blended, to serve as sacred anointing oil.<\/p>\r\n

Today, the legal protection of ingredients and processes is most familiar in the fast-food arena, notoriously with certain soft drinks. Coca Cola\u2019s \u2018secret ingredient\u2019 was famously \u2013 perhaps apocryphally \u2013 said to have caused problems for kashrut authorities. But Coca Cola is by no means unique in this respect. In his life-changing 2007 book The Omnivore\u2019s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, Michael Pollan shares an eye-opening account of his visit to the maximum-security lab where scientists are inventing the latest \u2026 breakfast cereal.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

By contrast, the list of ingredients for anointing oil and incense are published in the Torah for all to see. But some things haven\u2019t changed. There\u2019s a strict ban on inappropriate usage (think, \u2018for external use only\u2019), and unlicensed producers will be shut down \u2013 forever: \u201cThis shall be an anointing oil sacred to Me throughout the ages. It must not be rubbed on any person's body, and you must not make anything like it in the same proportions; it is sacred, to be held sacred by you. Whoever compounds its like, or puts any of it on a layman, shall be cut off from his kin\u201d (Exod 30:31-33).<\/p>\r\n

Adapted from From Forbidden Fruit to Milk and Honey: A Commentary on Food in the Torah<\/em>, Diana Lipton (Urim Publications, 2018).<\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":105144,"alt":"","title":"-628e9fe5c03ed--628e9fe5c03efex30-spices 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There is a fascinating verse in Exodus: 'When you take a census [literally, \u201cwhen you lift the head\u201d] of the Israelites to determine their number, each one is to give to the Lord an atonement offering for his life when they are counted, <\/span>so that they will not be stricken by plague<\/span><\/i> when they are counted' (Ex. 30: 12). Evidently, it is dangerous to count Jews. Why?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I once offered the following explanation. Nations normally take a census to estimate their strength: military (the number of people who can be conscripted into an army), economic (the number from whom taxes can be raised) or simply demographic (the numerical growth or decline of the nation). The assumption behind every census is that there is strength in numbers. The more numerous a people, the stronger it is.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

That is why it is dangerous to count Jews<\/span><\/i>. Jews are a tiny people. The late Milton Himmelfarb once wrote that the total population of Jews throughout the world is smaller than a small statistical error in the Chinese census. Jews constitute a fifth of a per cent of the population of the world: by any normal standards too small to be significant. Nor is this something new.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In one of his concluding addresses in Deuteronomy, Moses said: 'The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, <\/span>for you are the fewest of all peoples<\/span><\/i>' (Deuteronomy 7: 7). The danger in counting Jews is that if they believed, for a moment, that there is strength in numbers, they would long ago have given way to despair.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

How then do you estimate the strength of the Jewish people? To this the Hebrew Bible gives an answer of surpassing beauty. <\/span>Ask Jews to give, and then count their contributions<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/i> Numerically, Jewry is small, but in terms of its contributions to civilization, it is vast. Somehow this small people produced an unceasing flow of patriarchs, priests, poets and prophets, masters of halakhah and aggadah, codifiers and commentators, philosophers and mystics, sages and saints. It was not once that the Jewish imagination caught fire, but in century after century, sometimes under the worst persecution known to any nation on earth.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

If you want to know the strength of the Jewish people, ask them to give, and then count the contributions. To win the Jewish battle, the battle of the spirit, the victory of heart, mind and soul, you do not need numbers. You need dedication, commitment, study, prayer, vision, courage, ideals and hope. You need to offer people tough challenges through which to grow. I learned this when I was a child.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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\u201cAnd the Lord said to Moses, \u2018Take unto you sweet spices \u2014 stacte, onycha and galbanum \u2014 sweet spices with pure frankincense, there being an equal part of each; and make it into incense, a mixture expertly crafted, refined, pure, holy.\u201d (Exodus 30:34-35)<\/p>\r\n

The Temple-priest prepares the incense, pounding frankincense
\r\nWith pestle and mortar; he weighs stacte and adds onycha to galbanum;
\r\nHe measures cinnamon, then steeps it all in white Cyprus wine; behold,
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The apothecary prepares the medicine, pounding fennel seeds
\r\nWith pestle and mortar; he weighs camomille and adds senna leaves to camphor;
\r\nHe measures ground orris roots, then steeps it all in castor oil; behold,
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The miracle-worker prepares the omen, pounding moonbeams
\r\nWith pestle and mortar; he weighs starlight and adds the whispering of winds;
\r\nHe measures clouds\u2019 shadows, then steeps it all in a prophet\u2019s dream; behold,
\r\nThe portent is ready.<\/p>\r\n

From these, my teachers, I learn \u2014 measure the meter; let repetition pound;
\r\nAllow alliteration, allusion and allegory to flow, consonance and assonance
\r\nTo ascend; steep it all in image and metaphor, simile and symbol; behold,
\r\nThe poem is ready.<\/p>","post_main_content_image":"","post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"Craftsmen","tile_main_caption":"Allow alliteration, allusion and allegory to flow, consonance and assonance \/ To ascend; steep it all in image and metaphor, simile and symbol; behold \/ The poem is ready","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"929 Poetry Corner","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":"","tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","links":false,"send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Exodus","chapter":"30","chapter_main_number":"80","date":"20251218","wall_id":"80"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"362","name":"Poetry","old_id":"762"},{"term_id":"688","name":"Incense","old_id":"1088"}]},{"order":9,"id":"42855","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"A Lesson on the Daily Chapter- Exodus 30 ","post_title":"A Lesson on the Daily Chapter- Exodus 30","slug":"a-lesson-on-the-daily-chapter-exodus-30","old_id":"42855","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":40936,"post_title":"David Silber","slug":"david-silber-2","old_id":"40936","first_name":"David ","last_name":"Silber ","description":"Rabbi David Silber is the Founder and Dean of Drisha Institute for Jewish Education. 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  1. The good light and the fine aroma<\/em>. Almost by the way, we are given a sneak peak at a scene from the work of the priest in the Temple, and its daily rhythms: \u201cOn it Aaron shall burn aromatic incense: he shall burn it every morning when he tends the lamps, and Aaron shall burn it at twilight when he lights the lamps\u2014a regular incense offering before the LORD throughout the ages\u201d (verses 7-8).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Ransom<\/em>. There\u2019s an extra added value to the half-shekel tax: \u201ceach shall pay the LORD a ransom for himself on being enrolled, that no plague may come upon them through their being enrolled\u201d (v. 12). It is both a way to count the people, and to protect them from the act of counting. And if you\u2019re wondering how a census could be so dangerous - check out 2 Sam. 24.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Gotta shekel?<\/em> How much is a shekel? Exactly 20 gerahs (v. 13). How much is a gerah, you ask? Possibly a small coin. Or a measure of weight.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. Professional incense.<\/em> What do we mean by professional? \u201cMake them into incense, a compound expertly blended, refined, pure, sacred\u201d (verse 36). The word translated here as \u201crefined\u201d is <\/span>memulach<\/span><\/em>, which could also mean \u201csalted.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  5. 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    Was Dr. Seuss at Har Sinai?<\/span><\/a> by Zahava Schwartz: Navigating community, individuality, and rhymes.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Origins of Jewish demography:<\/span><\/a> Censuses in Tanakh by Ezra Fishman: An overview of Biblical censuses and their consequences.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":"","post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"Go deeper into the chapter....","tile_main_caption":"Sefaria Source Sheets - Exodus 30","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Click to get links to learning resources","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":42232,"alt":"","title":"sefaria-words-sunburst","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","width":608,"height":395,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst-300x195.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":195,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","medium_large-width":608,"medium_large-height":395,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","large-width":608,"large-height":395,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","1536x1536-width":608,"1536x1536-height":395,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","2048x2048-width":608,"2048x2048-height":395,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","post_full_size-width":608,"post_full_size-height":395,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","home_baner-width":608,"home_baner-height":395}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"Sefaria word sunburst visualization","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Exodus","chapter":"30","chapter_main_number":"80","date":"20251218","wall_id":"80"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false}],"hide_acf":true,"home_image":false,"home_posts":false,"home_posts_title":"","posts_home":[],"static_cube_title":"","static_cube_brief":"","static_cube_color":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall\/42843"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wall"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}