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Chapter 12 generally discusses the law that forbids building private altars and commands the people to worship in a designated location- eventually the Temple. The chapter seems to be a mishmash of repetitive statements. If we separate the themes, however, a pattern emerges. Below are the verses by theme designated with a letter to match connected themes:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

1: these are the laws you should do in the land<\/span> A<\/b><\/p>\r\n

2-3: destroy places of idol worship<\/span> B<\/b><\/p>\r\n

4: Do not worship God like them<\/span> C<\/b><\/p>\r\n

5-7: bring sacrifices to the Temple<\/span> D\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\r\n

8-9 : No more free for all on private altars<\/span> E<\/b><\/p>\r\n

10: when you enter the land across the Jordan <\/span>A<\/b><\/p>\r\n

11-12: Only worship God in the Temple<\/span> D<\/b><\/p>\r\n

13: Do not build private altars<\/span>. E<\/b><\/p>\r\n

14: Only go to the Temple <\/span>D<\/b><\/p>\r\n

15: But regular meat you can eat anywhere <\/span>F<\/b><\/p>\r\n

16: Do not eat blood <\/span>G<\/b><\/p>\r\n

17-19: Do not eat holy foods at home, only in the Temple <\/span>D<\/b><\/p>\r\n

20-22: When you enter the land and you want to eat meat, you can eat anywhere as long as you\u2019re not close to the Temple<\/span>. A\/F<\/b><\/p>\r\n

23-25: do not eat blood<\/span> G<\/b><\/p>\r\n

25: Donations and sacrifices only eat in the Temple <\/span>D<\/b><\/p>\r\n

26: Following these rules will keep you in the land for a while<\/span> A<\/b><\/p>\r\n

The law against worshiping like the gentiles and the law forbidding private altars are related, so I designated them as E(c) to show their connection. This breaks down to the following sequence: A B E(c) D E(c) A D E(c) D F G D A F G D A. That seems quite discombobulated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But in reality, there is a three themed pattern broken up as follows: A B E(c) \/\/ D E(c) A\/\/ D E(c) D\/\/ F G D\/\/ A F G\/\/ D A.\u00a0 Every grouping of three verses contains either the commandment to worship in the Temple (D) or a reference to entering the land (A) and sometimes both. Looking at this sequence, we can see that the chapter shows the essential connection between the Temple and the land. These two elements form a bond that keeps these other laws in place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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In a verse at the conclusion of this chapter, a phrase appears that parallels one mentioned earlier, but its elements are written in reverse order: \u201c\u2026For you will be doing what is<\/span> good and right in the sight of your God\u201d (12:28). Compare: \u201cDo what is right and good in the sight of God\u201d (Deut. 6:18).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Berlin<\/span>, <\/span><\/i>in his commentary <\/span>Haemek Davar<\/span><\/em>, <\/span><\/i>explains that since the context of 6:18 is commandments that apply to one\u2019s relationships with other people (5:12-8,) and \u201cright\u201d is readily perceived by them, it takes precedence. While, on the other hand, 12:28 describes ritual matters between God and people (1-27,) and therefore concern with the \u201cgood\u201d in God\u2019s eyes is most important, understanding full-well that this should never harm other people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A similar resolution is offered by the rabbis for the change in the formulation of the commandment regarding honoring parents, between the Ten Commandments and <\/span>Parashat Kedoshim<\/span><\/em>, positing that the Torah reflects in each case how a child relates to a parent in atypical fashion:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cHonor your father and your mother, that you may long endure on the land that your God is assigning to you\u201d (Ex. 20:12). \u201cYou shall each revere\/fear your mother and your father\u201d (Lev. 19:3).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In the mitzva of: \u201cHonor your father and your mother,\u201d the Holy One, Blessed be He, preceded the mention of the honor due one\u2019s father before mentioning the honor due one\u2019s mother (<\/span>since the individual will naturally be drawn to honor his mother more<\/span><\/em>)<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u2026a son fears his father more than his mother, because his father teaches him Torah. Therefore, the Holy One, Blessed be He, preceded fear of the mother before fear of the father (Kiddushin 31a).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

With regard to <\/span>Haemek Davar\u2019<\/span><\/em>s<\/em> distinction between Deut. 6 and 12, the tension existing between commandments between God and humans, and those governing the relationships between humans, can create significant quandaries for people that are difficult to resolve.\u00a0 An example is the preservation of life (<\/span>ethical mitzva; survival in order to fulfill mitzvot in the future<\/span><\/em>) vs. major transgressions including: murder, idolatry and sexual immorality (<\/span>God\/human; survival at any cost is unacceptable<\/span><\/em>) (Sanhedrin 74a.) While the traditional commentator explains the word order when the mitzvot are separate, their coalescing at the same time provides more occasions to deliberate.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

We are both creatures of God, and fellow travelers with others over the course of our lives, and we must address both of these realities in exemplary 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In today\u2019s chapter Moses continues to look forward to Israel\u2019s life in the promised land, revealing how the relationship between meat and meet will be different than it is presently.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In the desert, when all of Israel were neighbors (<\/span>shachen<\/span><\/i>) with the Tabernacle (<\/span>mishcan<\/span><\/i>) that housed God\u2019s presence (<\/span>Shechinah<\/span><\/i>), all meat was required to \"meet\" God. That is to say, all meat had to go through the ritual process of temple sacrifices. However, when God enlarges the territory of the Israelites, leaving them many days away from a central place of worship they are allowed to eat meat that doesn\u2019t need to be part of a sacrifice to God. God still demands that it be slaughtered as instructed, and that the blood not be consumed, but the distance allows those who want to eat meat to do so anywhere at any time.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This discrepancy is of course predicated upon the other main idea of the chapter, a central place of worship where all sacrifices must be brought. Surprisingly this most important location is neither revealed (recalling Abraham who is told to leave his homeland but not of the destination), nor explicitly chosen: Moses repeatedly uses the future tense \u201cto the site that the Lord your God will choose.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It remains hidden for many centuries and is only revealed towards the end of the life of King David when in a last ditch effort to contain a terrible plague from decimating the inhabitants of Jerusalem, David purchases land from Arvonah the Jebusite and builds an altar. In the retelling of the story, (Chronicles 1 chapters 21-22) after God stops the plague, David proclaims \u201cHere will be the house of the Lord and here is the altar of burnt offerings for Israel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

God has finally chosen, but his choice is connected to David naming Jerusalem as his capital city, bringing the ark to Jerusalem, purchasing a specific plot and building an altar on the plot. It seems that what Moses describes as God\u2019s choice is not a solitary decision made by God alone, but rather one that is intertwined with his obedient servant David, who as king of Israel, represents the collective will of the nation.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When Moses spoke of the place that God will choose, the location could not yet be known because the places where we will meet God are not solely determined by God: they are the product of a human-divine partnership.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Joy is not the first word that naturally comes to mind when we think of the severity of Judaism as a moral code or the tear-stained pages of Jewish history. As Jews we have degrees in misery, postgraduate qualifications in guilt, and gold-medal performances in wailing and lamentation. Someone once summed up the Jewish festivals in three sentences: \u201cThey tried to kill us. We survived. Let\u2019s eat.\u201d Yet in truth what shines through so many of the psalms is pure, radiant joy. And joy is one of the keywords of the book of Deuteronomy. The root s-m-kh appears once each in Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers, but twelve times in Deuteronomy, seven of them in our parsha.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What Moses says again and again is that joy is what we should feel in the land of Israel, the land given to us by God, the place to which the whole of Jewish life since the days of Abraham and Sarah has been a journey. The vast universe with its myriad galaxies and stars is God\u2019s work of art, but within it planet earth, and within that the land of Israel, and the sacred city of Jerusalem, is where He is closest, where His presence lingers in the air, where the sky is the blue of heaven and the stones are a golden throne. There, said Moses, in \u201cthe place the Lord your God will choose \u2026 to place His Name there for His dwelling\u201d (Deut. 12:5), you will celebrate the love between a small and otherwise insignificant people and the God who, taking them as His own, lifted them to greatness.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It will be there, said Moses, that the entire tangled narrative of Jewish history would become lucid, where a whole people \u2013 \u201cyou, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites from your towns, who have no hereditary portion with you\u201d \u2013 will sing together, worship together and celebrate the festivals together, knowing that history is not about empire or conquest, nor society about hierarchy and power, that commoner and king, Israelite and priest are all equal in the sight of God, all voices in his holy choir, all dancers in the circle at whose centre is the radiance of the Divine. This is what the covenant is about: the transformation of the human condition through what Wordsworth called \u201cthe deep power of joy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In Judaism joy is the supreme religious emotion. Here we are, in a world filled with beauty. Every breath we breathe is the spirit of God within us. Around us is the love that moves the sun and all the stars. We are here because someone wanted us to be. The soul that celebrates, sings.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

From:<\/span>The Deep Power of Joy (Covenant & Conversation, Re\u2019eh 5776)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n

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One cannot overstate the importance and significance of Chapter 12 in Deuteronomy in making Jerusalem the center of Jewish life for generations. It is the first chapter in the Torah that states that God can only be worshiped with a sacrifice in one place. All sacrifices should go \u201conly to the site that the LORD your God will choose amidst all your tribes as His habitation, to establish His name there. There you are to go\u201c (verse 5). It never states where that place is, but for thousands of years, it was understood, and probably rightly so, as Jerusalem.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What I find peculiar in this chapter, is the combination of laws. It starts with this \u201ccentralization of worship\u201d law (verses 1-18), but then it moves to a law about caring for the Levites (verse 19), then a series of laws about eating meat but not eating the blood (verses 20-27). At first glance, it seems like a weird combination of laws, but a deeper look will reveal the connection between the laws.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Regarding the law about the Levites in verse 19: \u201cBe sure not to neglect the Levite as long as you live in your land.\u201c It seems so out of place! Why is it here?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I think that this is an example of a policy maker that is trying to think of all the predictable and unpredictable outcomes of a policy that was never tried before. The new policy is, of course, having a central worship location for the whole nation. Before this, Israelites worshiped God in many temples around Israel. This is the image that comes out of many scriptures in the Tanakh, as well as archeological evidence around Israel. So this notion of only one place of worship was revolutionary! This kind of revolution has huge ripple effects.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is where we connect to the Levites. The Levites are said to have been the servants of the temple. But the truth is, that they were the servants of the temple<\/span>s<\/b>. They were scattered around the land working in different temples of God. Now, with this new policy in place, they became unemployed overnight! The policy maker of this chapter thought this through and made sure the Levites are taken care of. Verse 19 in our chapter, together with verses 27-29 in chapter 14, create a kind of a \u201ccare package\u201d for the newly unemployed Levites. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

How great it would be to see some of this forward thinking in the policy-making today! <\/span>
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In our chapter, in detailing the statutes and ordinances that the Israelites are to observe after they cross over the Jordan and possess the Promised Land\u2026\u201d (Deuteronomy 12:1 and on), Moses speaks of \u201cWhen the Lord enlarges (yarhiv) your territory, as He has promised you\u2026 (verse 20). The Midrash (Deuteronomy Rabbah 4:11) interprets this biblical expression as referring to Jerusalem, in support of which are cited several Messianic verses (e.g. Malachi 3:4, 23-24; Zechariah 1:16-17, 9:9).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Another midrashic tradition (Song of Songs Rabbah 7.5.3) details the extent to which Jerusalem will be expanded: In the future, Jerusalem will spread out until it reaches the gates of Damascus, as it says, \u201cThe prophecy of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach\u201d (Zechariah 9:1). When Rabbi Yehudah said that this refers to a place called \u201cHadrach\u201d, Rabbi Yosi ben Dormaskit exclaimed, I am from Damascus and indeed there is a place there called \u201cHadrach\u201d! But Rabbi Nehemiah said, rather \u201cHadrach\u201d refers to the King Messiah who will be both \u201cHad<\/em>\u201d (sharp, hard, severe, unforgiving) and \u201cRach<\/em>\u201d (soft, gentle, forgiving) \u2013 \u201cHad<\/em>\u201d to the other Nations and but \u201cRach<\/em>\u201d to Israel. Similarly, the Messianic King is called \u201cHadrach\u201d, because in the future he will lead (yadrikh<\/em>) all the Nations of the world to do Teshuvah (i.e. repent). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The continuation of the same verse, \u201c\u2026and Damascus is His resting place [menuhato]\u201d (Zechariah 9:1) suggests that God\u2019s \u201cresting place\u201d is the Holy Temple, as it says, \u201cThis is My resting place [menuhati] forever\u2026\u201d (Psalms 132:14). Moreover, Jerusalem will spread out on every side! Then the Israelite exiles will return and rest there, in fulfillment of the prophecy \"And Damascus is his (i.e. Israel\u2019s) resting place\u2026\u201d (Zechariah 9:1) But, if Jerusalem will spread out \u2013 not only to incorporate Damascus, but in every direction, what means the verse \u201c\u2026and the city shall be built on its [own] mound\u2026\u201d (Jeremiah 30:18)? This verse suggests that in the future, Jerusalem will resemble a fig tree, narrow at the bottom and wide above (i.e, a slender trunk supporting a broad treetop). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

In this way, Jerusalem will spread out on all sides over the returning exiles, for them to rest under its shade, as it is written \u201cFor you shall spread out to the right and to the left \u2026\u201d (Isaiah 54:3). What is more, in the future Jerusalem will expand, extending upwards, even until it reaches the very Throne of Glory in heaven! 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\u201cFor you have not yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the Lord your God is giving you.\u201d (Deuteronomy 12:9)<\/span>
\r\n
\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In Jerusalem, a tourist waited<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>At a bus-stop on Jaffa Street<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>When out of the blue, Bus 613 pulled up.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>\u201cDo you go to the Museum?\u201d he asked. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201c<\/span>No, to the ocean of Israel.<\/span><\/i>\u201d<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>\u201cHow much does it cost to get there?\u201d<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>\u201c<\/span>Eighteen shekels<\/span><\/i>,\u201d answered the driver.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>\u201cI don\u2019t have shekels, I have dollars.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201c<\/span>Sorry, only shekels<\/span><\/i>.\u201d<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>\u201cHow about pounds, I have pounds, euros, yen.\u201d<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>\u201c<\/span>Only shekels<\/span><\/i>,\u201d replied the driver<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>And added, as he closed the door, <\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201c<\/span>It\u2019s a shame, this is the only bus<\/span><\/i>
\r\n<\/span><\/i>That goes there.<\/span><\/i>\u201d<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>The tourist watched<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>As the bus began to grow wings, <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Began to rise<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>And fly<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Above the street, above the buildings,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Above the hills of Jerusalem, above the clouds, <\/span><\/p>\r\n

And flew on<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>To the other side of the moon,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Where the ocean of Israel ebbs and flows,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Pulled by Jerusalem\u2019s tides.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When you next visit Jerusalem,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Be sure to bring<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Eighteen shekels<\/span>
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\u201cVegetarianism and Meat-Eating in Jewish Tradition\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Rachel Solomin: Explore Jewish sources on dietary practices. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. Atmosphere of change<\/em>. And a new order. As in verse 8.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Where is that exactly?<\/em> Why weren\u2019t the exact coordinates supplied for the \u201cplace which God will choose\u201d? Commentators and scholars have their questions and answers about this.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Appetite<\/em>. Eating meeting just because you feel like it is called an \u201curge\u201d (<\/span>ta\u2019avah<\/span><\/em> - see verses 15, 20-21). Do these verses have a positive or negative connotation? The answer might depend on whether you\u2019re asking a vegan or a carnivore.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. Blood<\/em>. Note - here there\u2019s no difference! \u201cBut make sure that you do not partake of the blood; for the blood is the life, and you must not consume the life with the flesh. You must not partake of it; you must pour it out on the ground like water\u201d (verses 23-24).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  5. The Levite<\/em>. When the sacrificing takes place in one Temple, and slaughtering an animal for food becomes a daily occurrence, there will be less work and less livelihood for the local Levites. So, take care: \u201cBe sure not to neglect the Levite as long as you live in your land\u201d (verse 19).<\/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: Deuteronomy 12","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":"Deuteronomy","chapter":"12","chapter_main_number":"165","date":"20260416","wall_id":"165"},"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\/49884"}],"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=49884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}