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\u201c<\/b>The priest shall scoop out of it a handful (<\/span>kometz<\/span><\/em>) of its choice flour and oil, as well as all of its frankincense\u201d (verse 2). What is a <\/span>kometz<\/span><\/em>? The Gemara in Yoma 47b explains that the word means \u201chandful.\u201d But if the word were only \"handful,\" then the measurement could have been an overflowing fistful. Ultimately, the Gemara explains that the priest would take a fistful of incense and then hold it in his three middle fingers. He then would move his thumb and pinky across the top and bottom of the three fingers to scrape off any excess incense. The Gemara adds that this was one of the most difficult rites in the Temple service.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The only other time the word <\/span>kometz<\/em> <\/span>appears not in the context of the Mishkan service is in Genesis 41:47 concerning the seven years of plenty foretold by Joseph: \u201cDuring the seven years of plenty, the land produced in abundance (<\/span>likmatzim<\/span><\/em>).\u201d The use there is connected to grain, but is a sign of a large amount. Perhaps the word is employed in the Mishkan service as a reminder of the fact that God has the power to provide an abundant amount of grains.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Meet the \u201c<\/span>mincha<\/span><\/i>\u201d offering. Humble in composition (a bit of flour, some oil, spices and salt) and easy to prepare. You could make it in a pan, a griddle or an oven. A bit of the offering would be burnt; the rest would go to the priests to eat. Compared to the fancier sacrifices detailed in the surrounding chapters, the mincha could slip unnoticed. Quite unremarkable.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But in Leviticus 2:3, this simple offering is called the \u201choly of Holies\u201d among the cadre of offerings. What accounts for this designation?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

You might recall that the earliest offerings on biblical record are also called a \u201cmincha\u201d. Cain and Abel, in Genesis 4, each give a <\/span>mincha <\/span><\/i>offering from their immediate possessions, fruit and cattle respectively. These parallel offerings leave us with a negative association because of the tragedy which ensues in their wake. But before the disappointment, rage and jealousy, Cain and Abel reach out across the human-divine divide. As implausible as it seems, they wish to share what they have with God, to gift God what He has gifted them. Do their <\/span>mincha <\/span><\/i>offerings express gratitude? Prayer for more? Or perhaps a basic, simple gesture to create closeness? The <\/span>mincha<\/span><\/i>, that beautiful, paradoxical human attempt to reach outwards and upwards.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The rabbis of the Midrash suggest another direction to distill the sacred nature of the <\/span>mincha<\/span><\/i>. Made of the most basic ingredients, the <\/span>mincha<\/span><\/i> offering was accessible to even the poorest of Israelites. Humble in presentation, the Bible nevertheless tells us that God prizes the <\/span>mincha<\/span><\/i> above all others. To the human eye, more is better. We judge ourselves on the same objective scale. Who donated more: money, time, or commitment? But God, insists the Midrash, does not adopt the same scale. What measures from God\u2019s perspective is the quality of the offering to the individual. What did it mean to <\/span>you<\/span><\/i>, in your life, with your set of circumstances, to devote your money, time or commitment? God is attentive to each individual on his or her own standard. And the poor? The ones who barely have what to give? Their offering is the holiest of holies, because what they give is practically all they have. As the Midrash says, \u201cit as if they gave their very lives\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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A subtle, yet drastic, difference is expressed between Leviticus 1 and Leviticus 2. In the first chapter, the commandment to offer a sacrifice is addressed to any person (<\/span>adam<\/span><\/em>) whereas the second chapter refers to a person as a soul (<\/span>nefesh<\/span><\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rashi explains that this unique term is only used in connection with the meal offering, a gift usually brought by the poor. The Holy One considers the pauper\u2019s gift as though this person had offered their very own soul. Chizkuni adds his own insight by explaining that this free offering is never offered by the community (after all, it is a free offering). This offering therefore is a true expression of an individual\u2019s desire as a unique soul to enter into relationship with the Holy One.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The change in terms from \u201cperson\u201d to \u201csoul\u201d, denoting a shift from sacrifice to self-sacrifice and from communal practice to personal piety is perhaps indicative of a spiritual move inwards. Leviticus begins with a call to everyone to draw near to God as part of a whole or a collective. In the process of drawing near however we come into greater focus (to God and to ourselves) ultimately emerging as individual souls. \u00a0While our service begins as part of a community, it must eventually evolve into personal heartfelt worship.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This shift in terms is particularly resonant for me as one who joins and participates in communal prayer three times a day. The change in language challenges me to question the depth of my personal practice. Sure, I relate to God daily in the mode of \u201c<\/span>adam<\/span><\/em>\u201d as captured in Leviticus 1. Yet, I must ask myself, do I relate sufficiently to God in my daily prayer as a \u201c<\/span>nefesh<\/span><\/em>.\u201d In other words, to what extent are my daily prayers an expression of my inner-most self and a free offering to God.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In a similar vein, one who\u2019s daily practice is spotty or lacking, might use this insight to deepen their commitment to prayer in the mode of \u201c<\/span>adam<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/i>\u201d Spirituality is ephemeral and fleeting. Anchoring our spiritual strivings in daily ritual, practice and prayer may be a necessary first step on the path of spiritual connection and enlightenment.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":98840,"alt":"","title":"1chron1-individual","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1chron1-individual.jpg","width":1920,"height":1440,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1chron1-individual-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1chron1-individual-300x225.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1chron1-individual-768x576.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1chron1-individual-1024x768.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":768,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1chron1-individual.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1152,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1chron1-individual.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1440,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1chron1-individual-1200x900.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":900,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1chron1-individual-560x420.jpg","home_baner-width":560,"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":"Adam v. 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\u201cWhen a person presents an offering of meal to the <\/span>Eternal\u201d<\/span> (Leviticus 2:1).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The subject of this verse, and its first word in Hebrew, is \u05e0\u05b6\u05e4\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1 <\/span>nefesh<\/span><\/em>. On the most basic level, <\/span>nefesh<\/span><\/em> refers to the windpipe, the physical organ through which we (and many other creatures) breathe, that which makes life possible on the most elemental level. This, for example, is its meaning in Psalm 69:2 \u201cDeliver me, O God, for the waters have reached my nefesh<\/em>, neck.\u201d From there, it is but a short step to the meaning \u201cliving being\u201d as in first chapters of Genesis (1:20-21, 2:7, 19). Figuratively, it is later understood by many to mean<\/span> \u201clife-force,\u201d \u201csoul\u201d and \u201cseat of emotions and passions<\/span><\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The translators of the new JPS version disagreed. The explanatory volume <\/span>Notes on the New Translation of the Torah<\/span><\/em> (Harry M. Orlinsky, ed.) states, \u201c<\/span>nefesh<\/em> <\/span>connote[s] approximately \u2018being, person, self, creature,\u2019 even \u2018body\u2019 or whatever is needed to sustain life\u201d (pp. 59-60). The idea that a person has a separate \u201csoul,\u201d they explain, developed very late in the Biblical period \u201conly after the idea of resurrection (after 200 <\/span>BCE<\/span>., early in the Maccabean period; cf. Daniel 12:2-3) came into being\u201d (p. 60). Thus, the translation \u201ca person,\u201d above. Baruch Levine in<\/span> The JPS Torah Commentary: Leviticus<\/span> <\/em>adds a specifying comment: \u201can individual as part of a group.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Although we ought not lose sight of the original meaning of the text, modern readers should, I believe, keep the full range interpretation in mind. The multivalence of words and multivocality of its components allows us to read the Bible as a living text despite its antiquity. In the current instance, a <\/span>nefesh<\/span><\/em> brings an offering to the <\/span>Eternal<\/span>. To do that well, (we) finite beings must marshal all aspects of their (our) existence: physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and communal. We no longer bring offerings in the form of choice flour and oil, incense or lambs. Surely, the offerings of time, effort, and substance we can bring in the post-Temple world require no less than fullness of our being.<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":79615,"alt":"","title":"zech12-soul","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zech12-soul.jpg","width":728,"height":546,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zech12-soul-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zech12-soul-300x225.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zech12-soul.jpg","medium_large-width":728,"medium_large-height":546,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zech12-soul.jpg","large-width":728,"large-height":546,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zech12-soul.jpg","1536x1536-width":728,"1536x1536-height":546,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zech12-soul.jpg","2048x2048-width":728,"2048x2048-height":546,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zech12-soul.jpg","post_full_size-width":728,"post_full_size-height":546,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zech12-soul-560x420.jpg","home_baner-width":560,"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":"Body and\/or Soul","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"The offerings of time, effort, and substance we can bring in the post-Temple world require no less ","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":79615,"alt":"","title":"zech12-soul","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zech12-soul.jpg","width":728,"height":546,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zech12-soul-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zech12-soul-300x225.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zech12-soul.jpg","medium_large-width":728,"medium_large-height":546,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zech12-soul.jpg","large-width":728,"large-height":546,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zech12-soul.jpg","1536x1536-width":728,"1536x1536-height":546,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zech12-soul.jpg","2048x2048-width":728,"2048x2048-height":546,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zech12-soul.jpg","post_full_size-width":728,"post_full_size-height":546,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zech12-soul-560x420.jpg","home_baner-width":560,"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":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Leviticus","chapter":"2","chapter_main_number":"92","date":"20260105","wall_id":"92"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"387","name":"Sacrifice","old_id":"787"},{"term_id":"585","name":"Soul","old_id":"985"},{"term_id":"616","name":"Spirit","old_id":"1016"}]},{"order":8,"id":"44264","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"\u201cAnd You Shall Hold Him Sacred\u201d ","post_title":"\u201cAnd You Shall Hold Him Sacred\u201d","slug":"and-you-shall-hold-him-sacred","old_id":"44264","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":33923,"post_title":"Jonathan Sacks","slug":"rabbi-lord-jonathan-sacks","old_id":"33923","first_name":"Jonathan ","last_name":"Sacks","description":"An international religious leader, philosopher, and award-winning author of over 35 books, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks served as the International President of 929.\r\nRabbi Sacks served as the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth years between 1991 and 2013, and was knighted by Her Majesty The Queen in 2005 and made a Life Peer. 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The Torah\u2019s instructions concerning the role of a priest conclude with the words, addressed to the people at large, \u201cand you shall hold him sacred\u201d (Lev. 21:8). Rabbi Yishmael explains this to mean that priests must be given honor and precedence over others (<\/span>Horayot <\/span><\/i>12b); this idea forms the basis for honoring a priest with the first <\/span>aliya<\/span><\/em> to the Torah in the synagogue (<\/span>Megilla <\/span><\/i>28a), and for inviting him to lead <\/span>Birkat HaMazon<\/em> <\/span>(<\/span>Shul\u0125an Arukh OH 201:2)<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Talmud (<\/span>Horayot<\/span><\/i> 12b) applies this rule more broadly, wherever people are differently ranked in sanctity. Thus, the High Priest, who has a higher level of sanctity than a regular priest, is accorded precedence over his fellows. He may therefore choose his portion of an offering even before the priest who brought it (Rashi, <\/span>Horayot <\/span><\/i>12b). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

An extreme example of the High Priest\u2019s privilege is in the division of the showbread; he automatically receives half of the bread, while the other half is divided up among the other priests. The Tosefta <\/i>(1:5) derives this practice from the verse (Lev. 2:10) \u201cfor Aaron and his sons\u201d which presents Aaron \u2013 the original High Priest \u2013 on equal footing with the collective group of all his sons \u2013 the lay priests. This privilege, however, is limited to the inner world of the Temple. With regard to tithes and other consecrated items, which need not be brought to the Temple, all priests, including the High Priest, share equal rights (Rambam, Hilkhot Klei HaMikdash <\/i>5:12).<\/p>\r\n

Excerpted from the Koren Yom Kippur Machzor<\/em><\/p>\r\n

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Leviticus begins with calling.\u00a0 Moses is called by God to speak with him from the Tent of Meeting.\u00a0What follows is 27 chapters of instructions on how to expiate various types of sin, often through sacrifices. There is another description of the holidays of the Jewish calendrical year in parshat Emor, and a few narratives, about a man who blasphemes God and Aaron\u2019s sons who offer strange fire and die.\u00a0There are skin diseases described in detail --and by color.\u00a0The Yom Kippur ritual with the goat sent to Azazel, chosen by lot, to have the sins of the Israelites placed upon it and sent off to the wilderness is detailed here in all its mystery.\u00a0There are laws about sexual morality too.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

But what is the essence of this book known to the rabbis as \u201ctorat Cohanim\u201d the \u201cinstructions for the priests?\u201d (The English \u201cLeviticus\u201d has a similar meaning, from the Latin and Greek names of the text, connecting it to the tribe of Levites, the priests). And more importantly how can we as modern interpreters grasp a religious system of sacrifices - and learn from it \u2013 when it has long been dismantled?<\/p>\r\n

A modern Biblical scholar, the late Jacob Milgrom in his commentary on Leviticus wrote that the way to understand Leviticus is through the language of ritual, that the book proclaims rituals which provide meaning for the society practicing them. He wrote:<\/p>\r\n

A ritual must signify something beyond itself, whose attainment enhances the meaning and value of life.\u00a0 This, I submit, is the quintessence and achievement of Leviticus\u2026 In other words, properly unpacked, Leviticus reveals a series of values that can help us resolve the vexing moral and social issues confronting humanity in our time.<\/p>\r\n

That is why we continue to read Leviticus, to gain an understanding of the values behind the rituals so that we can apply them in our own time, so far removed from when the rituals were first undertaken and practiced.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Likewise, the medieval commentary Sefer Hachinuch 95, on Exodus 25:8, about the need to build a tabernacle and offer sacrifices, says, \u201cOnly by doing an overt act to atone for his sin, by taking rams from his enclosures and troubling himself to bring them to the Temple, give them to the priest and perform the entire rite as prescribed for sin-offerings, only then will he impress upon his soul, the extent of the evil of his sin and will take measures avoid it in the future.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

For commentators both earlier and more contemporary, we are called, as Moses was, to understand the ethical value underlying the rituals Leviticus details.\u00a0The sins we commit are, as humans, unfortunately of many of the same categories as they were at the time of the Bible.\u00a0We learn from it to be called to act ethically, and when we fall short, to atone.\u00a0And to impress the messages of Leviticus on our own souls by continuing to find its meaning in our own time.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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\"And when you bring a grain-offering baked in an oven, it shall be unleavened bread ...\"\u00a0<\/span>(Leviticus 2:4)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In David's restaurant of firm belief,
\r\n<\/span>Thick sirloin steaks are broiled, while tender veal
\r\n<\/span>Is spiced and fried; before the festive meal,
\r\n<\/span>Mystics' mead is served as an aperitif.
\r\n<\/span>Solomon's sons and daughters baste choice beef
\r\n<\/span>By adding psalmists' sauce, so it will heal
\r\n<\/span>The lepers from disease, the pained who kneel
\r\n<\/span>Before despair, the mourners from their grief.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But we don't ask for prophets' cake or wine
\r\n<\/span>Of revelation, pies or apple tart,
\r\n<\/span>The rich desserts anointed kings are fed.
\r\n<\/span>The simple bread of simple faith is fine
\r\n<\/span>And more than satisfies the famished heart;
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\u201cMincha: Meaning, Origin, Essence\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Hillel Broder: How does the meaning of the word \u201cmincha\u201d change across Jewish texts?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. Small gifts<\/em>. Of all the different types of sacrifices (<\/span>korbanot<\/span><\/em>), the <\/span>minchah<\/span><\/em>, \u201coffering,\u201d became the general name for any sort of gift - not only of the sacred or sacrificial kind.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Some ideas from the kitchen - a little similar, and a little different.<\/em> Challah (\u201ccakes\u201d verse 4) - not our braided Shabbat bread, but a sort of hollow loaf (perhaps like a pretzel?). <\/span>Rekikim<\/span><\/em>, \u201cwafers,\u201d are a sort of matza-like cracker. <\/span>Machvat<\/em> <\/span>(verse 5, \u201cgriddle\u201d) is indeed a flat sort of frying pan, and <\/span>marcheshet<\/span><\/em>, \u201cpan,\u201d is a deeper vessel for frying.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Salt, use salt.<\/em> \u201cYou shall season your every offering of meal with salt\u2026with all your offerings you must offer salt\u201d (verse 13). There\u2019s a hint as to the source of this ruling, \u201cyou shall not omit from your meal offering the salt of your covenant with God\u201d - salt symbolizes the covenant. Perhaps because it was used in a ritual context in ancient covenant rites.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. What not?<\/em> No honey, and no yeast or leaven. That is, it shouldn\u2019t be sweet, or leavened. Why? Perhaps because of the cultic rites of other peoples, or perhaps because of the symbolism of the basic minima (flour, oil, salt) without extraneous luxuries. And perhaps for other reasons. <\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","post_main_content_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"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":"The Daily Summary","tile_main_caption":"Points to Ponder: Leviticus 2","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Insights and questions for personal reflection and group discussion","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"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":"Leviticus","chapter":"2","chapter_main_number":"92","date":"20260105","wall_id":"92"},"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\/43996"}],"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=43996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}