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I am alone. The family has left on the pilgrimage to Jerusalem, but I cannot go this year. My injured leg slows me down too much, and the donkey is needed to carry the tithes and thanksgiving offerings. I know that staying back is the right thing to do but it hurts so much. Like a hind crying for water, my soul cries for You, O God, my soul thirsts for You. When oh when, shall I again be able to behold Your presence in the sanctuary?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I should relax. My daughter will soon be here with her children, so we can spend the festival together. Before leaving for the Temple, her husband assured me that she is preparing my favorite foods so that I can rejoice on the harvest festival. He does not understand that tears have been my food, day and night, their saltiness only increasing my thirst.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Attempts to comfort me feel like a taunt. God\u2019s glory fills the earth, they claim. I should rejoice in the bounty we have received here, on our inherited land, itself a gift from God. And yet they go up to Jerusalem and I remain behind.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Where is God? God may be everywhere in potential, but in the Temple, God is ever-present and accessible like nowhere else. When I think of this, I pour out my soul. I remember walking with the crowd, enveloped by the festive throng. And then when the House of God came into sight, there were spontaneous, joyous shouts of praise. My soul cries for You, O God!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Be not downcast, my soul. It is true what they say, God can be here.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Be not disquieted within me. Is it not said that grandchildren are the crown of the aged? Soon their voices will fill this space, and so I should have hope in God.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Yes, I will yet praise God and feel God\u2019s saving presence.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When I am downcast, I can look toward the horizon, the land of Jordan, the Hermon range and Mount Mizar. The sounds of rushing waters remind me that ETERNAL does indeed rule all. May the ETERNAL watch over me faithfully, lift up my spirit even during this dark time in my life. May a song of praise well up within me, and a prayer to the God of my life.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Despite feeling forgotten and walking in gloom, I do not wish to be downcast. O my soul, why disquieted within me? I must convince myself to have hope in God, that God is indeed my ever-present help, to whom I can turn in every situation.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

My soul cries for You, O God! May I feel Your presence wherever I may be.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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On Sukkot, we take three branches of trees, and a citron, (etrog<\/em>), clasp them together and shake them up and down and back and forth and dance with them, leading up to the prayers for the life-giving rain on the holiday's culmination on the Eighth Day of Assembly, Shemini Atzeret<\/em>. Native Americans ain't got nothing on us.<\/p>\r\n

During the Great Hallel<\/em>, we shake our sacred vegetation in six different directions \u2013 forward and back, right and left, up and down: the six axes of three dimensional space. However, when saying the name of God, we cease movement, holding the minim <\/em>close to our hearts.<\/p>\r\n

This is the seventh direction, the one that binds all the others together, not an axis of physical space, but the direction of interiority, of the spirit, the meeting point at the Center. It is a sort of eye of the storm: that point of calm, when we are cognizant of the \"still, small voice\" (I Kings 19:12), when after being pulled and shaken in all directions, we are at rest, at one.<\/p>\r\n

But while the number seven is common in Judaism there is something different about this rhythm of 6+1 (which we see also in the week: 6 days of work + Shabbat). The three axes of physical reality each go off in two vectors, making six directions, all organized around and connected at the Center.<\/p>\r\n

The directions are replete with symbolism, all meeting at the Center, the point of connection and reconnection:<\/p>\r\n

\u2022 Backward and forward<\/em> movement calls up images of the unending passage of time \u2013 the connection to past and future, of past with future, the intergenerational responsibilities to both progenitors and progeny. We of course stand at the center, in the momentary present, building bridges of sentiment and action between history and memory of what has been, and between dreams and ideals of what yet could be.<\/p>\r\n

\u2022 Right and left<\/em> speak the language of politics, poignantly reminding us of the need to heal the wounds of our fragmented society: between conservative and progressive, between me\/in-group\/parochial and we\/out-group\/universal. Nobody sees themselves as an extremist \u2013 everybody sees themselves as standing firmly in the Center, surrounded by people and factions who are \"overboard\" in one direction or the other. We need to expand this Center, building bridges to all, for all.<\/p>\r\n

\u2022 Up and down<\/em> call out the eternal dyads of heaven and earth, transcendence and immanence, spirit and matter. One of the great unifications that we can strive for is to heal the great rift between body and soul, our temporal physical selves and our divine intimations of eternity, and bring into alignment our spiritual values and our social and ecological reality.<\/p>\r\n

The pastoral produce is a product of the redolent fecundity of the earth, the transpirational spirit-breath of the air, the radiant energy of the sun, and of the restorative, life-giving waters, of above and below can help ground you, and Center yourself, in our many worlds and realities.<\/p>\r\n

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In the middle of chapter 24, the Torah discusses <\/span>tzaraat<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> \u201c<\/b>In cases of <\/span>tzaraat<\/em> <\/span>be most careful to do exactly as the levitical priests instruct you. Take care to do as I have commanded them; remember what God did to Miriam on the way from leaving Egypt\u201d (verses 7-8).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Why is Miriam mentioned here? Is this a warning to avoid Miriam\u2019s gossiping behavior or is it something else? The verse before is also odd. Back in Leviticus, the Torah has a lengthy discussion about the types of <\/span>tzaraat<\/em> <\/span>and the cures for the spiritual ailment. Verse 7 does not go into any detail at all. It simply says that you should listen to the priest\u2019s instructions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

These two verses also seem out of place in the chapter, which begins with a discussion about divorce and remarriage and a husband\u2019s obligations to his wife over obligations to the community, and that a kidnapper should be put to death.\u00a0 The chapter then proceeds to discuss caring for the poor. One should not take money-making property as collateral, one should not take a poor person\u2019s clothes as collateral, one should pay a worker on time, one should treat the widow and orphan with care, one should leave parts of the harvest for the poor, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Every other law in this chapter discusses care for a vulnerable person. The various laws about a needy person are obvious, but what about the others? The first few laws are important protections for women. In ancient times, women were not allowed to own property and would be especially vulnerable if divorced. The Torah makes sure that a husband does not treat his wife wantonly thinking he can just divorce and remarry her at will. The Torah emphasizes this by requiring the husband even miss military service in his first year of marriage to be with his wife. Next, the Torah protects the vulnerable who are easy victims of kidnapping, especially kidnapping for ransom. The rest of the chapter is then more straightforward.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

How do <\/span>tzaraat<\/em> <\/span>and Miriam fit into this? Someone with <\/span>tzaraat<\/em> <\/span>is vulnerable too. They are ostracized and forced to live outside the camp with a visible affliction.\u00a0 Whatever the reason behind their calamity, they deserve proper care. One must seek guidance from a priest and follow the priest\u2019s directive. The commandment to remember Miriam must be to remember how God healed Miriam quickly after Moses sought God\u2019s help. 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The secret to receiving blessing is knowing how to let go. If there is one dominant theme that emerges from the many mitzvot of chapter 24, it is that.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Nechama Leibowitz points out that it's hard to understand the primary purpose of the commandments<\/span> at the end of the chapter, such as giving charity. The commandment to leave over small portions of the grape and olives that you harvest, and not to pick up sheaves that are dropped, yield only miniscule donations. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

On the other hand, they drive home a powerful message of the need to limit our ownership for the benefits of the underprivileged other. In that way, they engender a mindset not of charity, the loving benevolent giving of that which is <\/span>mine<\/b>, but <\/span>tzedaka<\/span><\/i>, the socially just redistribution of wealth which comes from accepting the limits of my ownership, from being willing to let go of what I might think of as \"mine\".<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The commandments concerning loans convey the same message. The dignity of the poor supersedes my claims of ownership, so that I am prohibited from entering the house of the borrower and reclaiming what I am owed, and I am commanded to return a loan guarantee when it is needed. If this letting go is hard, we are to remember how God let us go from Egypt. As representative of the poor, the orphan, the widow, God now asks us to return the favor.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The <\/span>mitzvah<\/span><\/i> of divorce which opens the chapter introduces this theme. When you think biblically, the Catholic opposition to divorce makes a lot of sense. If marriage is a holy covenant in which man and woman become 'as one flesh'- how can a person be allowed to break that covenant and dissolve a marriage? <\/span><\/p>\r\n

But what the Torah teaches us in chapter 24 is that in some circumstances, dignity, and perhaps even love, supersede any other claims, and require letting go.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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There is something extraordinarily humane about these ordinances (in Deuteronomy chapter 24), and although they speak to an agrarian order more than three thousand years ago, the principle they adumbrate remains true and compelling today. Freedom, as Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen reminds us, involves more than an absence of constraints. \u201cThe bonded laborer born into semi-slavery, the subjugated girl child stifled by a repressive society, the helpless, landless laborer without substantial means of earning an income are all deprived not only in terms of well-being, but also in terms of the ability to lead responsible lives, which are contingent on having certain basic freedoms\u201d (<\/span>Development as Freedom<\/span><\/em>). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

A society in which the few have wealth and many are on the verge of starvation is not free by the standards of the Hebrew Bible.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Chapter 24 is a compilation of many laws from different areas of life. But there is one verse that really stands out, not a law but a statement: \u201cParents shall not be put to death for children, nor children be put to death for parents: a person shall be put to death only for his own crime.\u201d Seemingly, an obvious statement: of course, each person is responsible for their own actions. Why state it at all?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The fact is that this is not the only approach in the Tanakh. Two schools of thought are in conflict regarding the question: What is God\u2019s reward and retribution system?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

One school of thought believes that God punishes or rewards the same people who did the crime or the good deed, and no one else. This idea is presented here, as well as in other texts, such as Ezekiel 18:4. The other school of thought believes that punishment for a crime or reward for a good deed can be transferred to the next generation, or to the person\u2019s surroundings. This idea is presented in a very famous verse in Ezekiel 18:2: \u201cParents eat sour grapes and their children\u2019s teeth are blunted\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Surprisingly, this is also the belief that appears in the Ten Commandments! In Exodus 20:5-6 we read \u201c For I [...] am an impassioned God, visiting the guilt of the parents upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generations of those who reject me.\u201d Even the destruction of the First Temple is seen mainly as a result of one king's bad actions (II Kings 24:3)!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

So how does God manage the world? I think that more than these texts teach us about God\u2019s punishment and reward system, they teach us about the spiritual and psychological conditions of the people of the time they were written. None of these systems can work all the time. It is important for the leaders to be attuned to their subjects and react to their needs. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

During the destruction of the Temple, it would have not helped to say \u201cthis is all your fault!\u201d The generation of the destruction needed comfort and a belief that God is still with them. And so the destruction was blamed on someone else - so the people of Judah would not lose hope. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

On the other hand, the rules in our chapter are aimed at the individual, and they were probably written during the time of King Josiah, a prosperous time for the kingdom of Judah. At that time the people needed to hear that they are responsible for their own actions. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

We all need sometimes to be reminded that our fate is in our own hands. But we all also need sometimes to blame Mom and Dad, or our surroundings. It is a delicate and healthy balance, and the authors of the Tanakh seem to understand its importance. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

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In Chapter 24 we are commanded, \u201cWhen you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to take it. For the sojourner and for the orphan and for the widow it shall be, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.\u201d This commandment, known as <\/span>shichechah<\/span><\/i> is one of many commandments that require us to leave some produce behind in the fields for the poor to collect. It\u2019s also a highly unusual commandment, because it seems to be a commandment you can only fulfill unintentionally due to the requirement of forgetting. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

A story from <\/span>Tosefta Peah 3:13 <\/span><\/i>seems to support this interpretation:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It once happened that one pious person who forgot a sheaf of wheat in his field, and said to his son, \u201cGo and offer for me a bull as a burnt offering and a bull as a peace offering.\u201d \u00a0He (his son) said to him, \u201cFather, why are you celebrating this commandment more than all the commandments in the Torah?\u201d He (the father) said to him, \u201cAll the commandments in the Torah were given for us to do consciously, but this one was not given to be done consciously, because if it was done intentionally, it wouldn\u2019t count for us before God.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The pious person in this story makes clear that <\/span>shichechah<\/span><\/em> can only be fulfilled through genuine forgetting, and is therefore a source of extra rejoicing when the rare opportunity to fulfill it comes into our hands. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

However in the Book of Ruth 2:15-16, Boaz seems to attempt to fulfill this commandment intentionally when he tells his field workers, \u201cLet her glean among the sheaves and do not harass her, and also drop some of the handfuls for her, and leave them so she can take them, and do not rebuke her.\u201d \u00a0Here it seems that Boaz is trying to fulfill <\/span>shichechah<\/em> <\/span>intentionally. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

I think the tension between these two texts illustrates an important aspect of <\/span>shichechah<\/span><\/em>. <\/span><\/i>The purpose of <\/span>shichechah<\/em> <\/span>isn\u2019t just charity. There are other commandments about charity, and easier, more common and consistent ways to give it. The purpose of <\/span>shichechah<\/span><\/em> is about giving charity in a way that doesn\u2019t create feelings of indebtedness from the recipient: they can feel that they are not taking anything of real worth, and therefore aren\u2019t imposing in any way on the giver.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This effect is very difficult to create intentionally, as Boaz tries to do. That\u2019s why genuine forgetting is so important to the pious man from the story.<\/span> He could, like Boaz, try to leave some behind and make it look accidental, but it would be hard to know if the correct psychological effect happened or not. That is why he celebrated his first time truly forgetting so lavishly\u2014it was the first time he knew for certain that he had given to the poor without leaving them with a feeling of indebtedness or inferiority.<\/span>
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Today\u2019s chapter contains one of the most ringing declarations of criminal justice ever conceived. Verse 16 reads \u201cthe fathers should not be put to death for the children, neither should the children be put to death for the fathers; every man shall be put to death for his own sin.\u201d This is close to a first principal of reward and punishment. We are all graced and burdened with free will, and as far back as the flora and fauna of Eden and the plains outside of Sodom the nexus between crime and punishment only seems just when it is sewn tightly. We hardly can conceive of any greater <\/span>injustice <\/span><\/i>than to hold someone culpable for the guilt of another. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

And yet, the picture is considerably more complicated. We live in a moral universe that is temporally muddied. Just two verses later, it is the intergenerational memory of Egypt that is used to justify a set of behaviors in the present. Exodus 34:7 promises that the iniquities of the fathers are visited on the sons, wreaking havoc for up to four generations. Good deeds continue paying dividends for a thousand generations; our most distant descendants will cash the checks of our most remote ancestors. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Many of our most contentious contemporary debates center on the challenge of stretching guilt or innocence across the skein of time; the reparations paid by Germany to Israel, the recent call by Ta-Nehisi Coates and David Brooks for a monetary reckoning for the great and haunting sin of slavery, the ongoing catastrophes that have cascaded from the Native American dispossession and genocide. Some argue that the way the justice system focuses on arid causalities between deed and consequence obscure the larger rhymes between past injustice and present reality. Somehow, we are meant to hold two impossible ideas in implacable tension. Each is judged for the work of their own hands, and we are all seamed with the honor and horror of histories that have never stopped haunting us. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

image: Egyptian papyrus, The Weighing of the Heart \/ wikimedia<\/p>\r\n

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\u201cYour life\u00a0will hang in the balance and you will be frightened night and day and you will not have assurance of survival (literally, believe in your life)\u201d (Deut 28:66).\u00a0This is one of the curses in the tochacha<\/em>, the section of this portion (Deut 28: 15-68) dedicated to letting the Israelites know what will befall them if they do not obey God when they enter the land.<\/p>\r\n

An examination of this verse allows us to ask about it what is bad.\u00a0The first part, \u201cyour life will hang in the balance\u201d is what this penitential season is about, that as humans we have humility to know our good deeds do not always outweigh our bad, and that since most of us are not completely righteous or completely wicked we must do what we can to attempt to tip the scales. Rabbi Meir ben Baruch of Rotenberg (1225-1293) writes on this that \u201cthis is to say your life is dependent on repentance like scales that are hanging\u201d a metaphor used often to think about the Days of\u00a0Awe.<\/p>\r\n

So if all lives hang in the balance, why is this a curse?<\/p>\r\n

It is the last part of the verse, \u201cyou will not believe in your life\u201d that makes the first part of it more difficult.\u00a0 Rashi, basing himself on Menahot 103b says this is someone who \u201crelies on the baker\u201d who is not even able to muster resources to buy grain from year to year.\u00a0I see it though as a lack of faith in how one is living and what one is doing; many psychological studies<\/a> \u00a0show that individuals who have purpose in life tend to age in more healthy ways and live longer<\/a>.\u00a0Not having a purpose, not believing in what one is doing or its importance, then, is surely a curse.<\/p>\r\n

One of the positive mitzvot in this parsha, according to Sefer Hahinukh is to \u201cwalk in His ways\" (28:9). We do this because God has elevated traits, worth noting, such as \u201cstraightness and goodness\u201d and \u201ckindness and mercy\u201d according to the discussion of this quality there.\u00a0The Sefer Hahinuch adds, \"this is God\u2019s desire for His creatures so that they merit God\u2019s goodness - as He desires kindness.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

Ki Tavo<\/em> makes clear from beginning to end that acting with the purpose of imitating God and God\u2019s desire for kindness is the best way to live a blessed life and not a cursed one.\u00a0At this time of year, as we think about judgement and balance, we all sorely need to be sure our purposes allow us to believe in our lives.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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How can we think about our relationship with God?<\/p>\r\n

Check out this week's Torah portion! -- Thinking about the covenant between the People and God can be hard and sometimes alienating...so Rav Raz Hartman and Leah Hartman - the Jerusalem couple who narrate this week's parsha - describe it like a joyful marriage.<\/p>\r\n

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This week Moses concludes his explanation of the details of the covenant, listing commands about bringing first-fruits to the Central Sanctuary, as well as the various tithes.<\/p>\r\n

He closes this section with a reminder to the people of what the covenant is: a mutual promise between the people and God. The people are to give God their full loyalty. God, in turn, will have a special relationship with the people.
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The parsha of Ki Tavo ends with Moses summoning the people, at the end of their forty-year journey and in sight of the Promised Land, to renew the covenant that their parents made with God at Mount Sinai.<\/p>\r\n

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\u201cIf, after a man has married a woman and has been intimate with her, she does not find grace in his eyes because of something unseemly in her \u2014 he shall write her a bill of divorcement, give it to her hand, and divorce her out of his home.\u201d (Deuteronomy 24:1)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The flame is dying<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>On us,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>A small, sickly flame<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>As feeble as a husband\u2019s love <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Which is a door locked tight,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>A sealed letter unopened. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

This small, sickly flame<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Is burning itself out;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>It flickers and flutters,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>As fleeting and fickle as a husband\u2019s love <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Which is a pair of wrinkled pants<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Dropped and discarded on the floor,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Not placed in a bin,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Not folded in a drawer;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>As crumpled as a husband\u2019s love <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Which is a telephone left off the hook,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>No dial tone, no response, no voice,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Not even a recorded message;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>As absent as a husband\u2019s love. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

If only someone would share the secret:<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>How to rub two stones together \u2014<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Two pieces of flint,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>That is to say, two hearts \u2014 <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>To ignite a spark<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>That could rekindle<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>A gentle fire<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Of warmth<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>And a little light.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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\u201cPerspectives on Agunot, From Sinai to the Knesset\u201d <\/span><\/a>by Talia Weisberg: Jewish responses to \u201cchained women.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cMiriam\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Esther Levy: Who was this Biblical woman?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. The voices of the voiceless are heard<\/em>. And are echoed by the Supreme Hearer, God. Whether in a call for help - \u201celse he will cry to the LORD against you and you will incur guilt\u201d (verses 15) - or in a blessing of gratitude: \u201cthat he may sleep in his cloth and bless you; and it will be to your merit before the LORD your God\u201d (verse 13).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Reminder<\/em>. In verse 9, of an event that you may be surprised that it\u2019s important to remember.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. The main food groups<\/em>. According to the text, they are: grain, grapes, and (olive) oil. And that\u2019s exactly what\u2019s mentioned in the charity to the poor in verses 19-22: the grain harvest, the oil harvest, and the grape harvest (<\/span>ketzir, mesik<\/em> <\/span>and <\/span>betzir<\/span><\/em> respectively).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. Special verbs<\/em>. In their context: \u201cto take in pawn\u201d (6), \u201cbeat down\u201d (20), go over again (<\/span>tefaer<\/span><\/em>, 20; <\/span>te\u2019olel<\/span><\/em>, 21).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  5. Formative memory<\/em>. \u201cRemember that you were a slave in Egypt and that the LORD your God redeemed you from there; therefore do I enjoin you to observe this commandment\u201d (verse 18, cf. also 22).<\/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 24","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":"24","chapter_main_number":"177","date":"20260504","wall_id":"177"},"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\/51373"}],"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=51373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}