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In chapter 13, Isaiah told of the destruction that will befall Babylonia. He described an eerie wasteland inhabited by creatures:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But beasts shall lie down there, And the houses be filled with owls; there ostriches make their home, and there satyrs dance. And jackals abide in its castles and serpents in the palaces of pleasure (13:21-22).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Chapter 34\u2019s description of Edom\u2019s destruction references a similar wasteland:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It shall be a home of jackals, an abode of ostriches. Wildcats meet hyenas, goat-demons greet each other; there too the lilith shall repose and find herself a resting place (verses 13-15).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

One of the differences between these descriptions\u00a0 is the inclusion of \u201clilith\u201d. This is the only time this word appears in Tanach. What or who is <\/span>lilith<\/span><\/em>?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rashi and Meztudat Tzion interpret this verse as a collection of demons- with <\/span>seir<\/em> <\/span>translated as satyr and <\/span>lilith<\/em> <\/span>translated as a female demon or the queen of demons. Ibn Ezra and Malbim do not see any reason that this verse would describe something supernatural when the other verses describe only animals. <\/span>Seir<\/em> <\/span>is a goat and <\/span>lilith<\/em> <\/span>is a type of screeching owl or a bird that screeches at night. This interpretation stems from the root of <\/span>lilith<\/em> <\/span>being similar to <\/span>layla<\/span><\/em>, the word for night and owls fly mainly at night.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is interesting because in Genesis, Ibn Ezra references the midrash that Lilith was Adam\u2019s first wife.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

AND THE MAN SAID. Then Adam said, \u201cThis time I have found a help-meet like me for me, for this being came out of me.\u201d The tradition concerning <\/span>Lilith<\/em> <\/span>is a homily.\u201d (Ibn Ezra on Genesis 2:23).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The homiletic midrash quoted here transforms Lilith from a demon into Adam\u2019s first wife before Eve. Lilith is banished first because she refused to be with Adam and submit to his control (<\/span>Otzar Midrashim<\/span><\/em>, The Alphabet of ben Sira, 34).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Talmud discusses Lilith extensively, but mostly as a demon, e.g.,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Eruvin 100b<\/span><\/em>: It was taught in a <\/span>baraita<\/em> <\/span>that the three additional curses for Eve are: She grows her hair long like <\/span>lilith<\/span><\/em>, a demon...\u201d <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Nidah 24b<\/span><\/em>: Rav Yehuda says that Shmuel says: In the case of a woman who discharges a fetus that has the form of a <\/span>lilith<\/span><\/em>, a female demon with wings and a human face, its mother is impure with the impurity of a woman after childbirth\u2026<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Shabbat 151b<\/span><\/em>: <\/span><\/i>\u201cHowever, animals do not attack people who are human in their spiritual character. In a similar vein, Rabbi \u1e24anina said: It is prohibited to sleep alone in a house, and anyone who sleeps alone in a house will be seized by the evil spirit <\/span>lilith<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Lilith also appears in the Zohar and later medieval midrashic works.\u00a0 Lilith\u2019s refusal to submit to Adam has made her an early feminist icon and the inspiration for the eponymous <\/span>Lilith Fair<\/span><\/a>, all-female artist music festival popular in the late 1990s, and the <\/span>Jewish feminist magazine<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":116517,"alt":"","title":"-64a29636c5005--64a29636c5006is34-owl scary eye.jpg","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2023\/07\/64a29636c5005-64a29636c5006is34-owl-scary-eye.jpg.jpg","width":848,"height":1280,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2023\/07\/64a29636c5005-64a29636c5006is34-owl-scary-eye.jpg-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2023\/07\/64a29636c5005-64a29636c5006is34-owl-scary-eye.jpg-199x300.jpg","medium-width":199,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2023\/07\/64a29636c5005-64a29636c5006is34-owl-scary-eye.jpg-678x1024.jpg","medium_large-width":678,"medium_large-height":1024,"large":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2023\/07\/64a29636c5005-64a29636c5006is34-owl-scary-eye.jpg-678x1024.jpg","large-width":678,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2023\/07\/64a29636c5005-64a29636c5006is34-owl-scary-eye.jpg.jpg","1536x1536-width":848,"1536x1536-height":1280,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2023\/07\/64a29636c5005-64a29636c5006is34-owl-scary-eye.jpg.jpg","2048x2048-width":848,"2048x2048-height":1280,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2023\/07\/64a29636c5005-64a29636c5006is34-owl-scary-eye.jpg-795x1200.jpg","post_full_size-width":795,"post_full_size-height":1200,"home_baner":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2023\/07\/64a29636c5005-64a29636c5006is34-owl-scary-eye.jpg-278x420.jpg","home_baner-width":278,"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":"Who - 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Isaiah 34:14 contains an end-of-days prophecy in which \u201cwildcats shall meet hyenas [and] goat-demons shall greet each other. There, too, the lilith shall repose and find herself a resting place.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Hebrew word that is translated here as \u201cthe lilith\u201d has been elsewhere translated as \u201cscreech owl,\u201d \u201cnight creature,\u201d \u201cnight bird,\u201d \u201cnight monster,\u201d \u201cnight owl,\u201d and \u201cLilith.\u201d\u00a0 Whatever the English translation, the Hebrew word <\/span>lilit<\/span><\/em> comes from \u05dc\u05d9\u05dc (layil<\/em>), or \u05dc\u05d9\u05dc\u05d4 (lailah<\/em>), meaning 'night.'<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Lilith entered the world stage roughly 2,500 years BCE via the Sumerian King List and <\/span>The Epic of Gilgamesh<\/span><\/i>. In the centuries that followed, this demon of the night seduced men and bore them ghostly children; she was a harlot and a vampire; she was a threat to infants and to women in childbirth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Her first <\/span>Jewish<\/span><\/em> incarnation is in Isaiah 34:14. \u2018Lilith\u2019 is a word that appears only once in the Bible, a <\/span>hapax legomenon<\/span><\/em><\/a>. We can surmise from the context that she is something dark and foreboding, appearing alongside hyenas and goat-demons during the End of Days. Lilith\u2019s appearance in Isaiah without definition or explanation indicates that Jews of the Isaian age would have known who -- or what -- Lilith was, without needing explanation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A kind of Near Eastern bogeyman, it is likely that the Jews borrowed Lilith from their neighbors, that this demon made her way from Sumerian-Babylonian lore to strike fear in the hearts of the Jewish people. By the time of the writing of Isaiah, Lilith was an integral part of Jewish culture and society.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

From this point on, Lilith is a distinctly Jewish figure. She is warned against in the Mishnah and Talmud, and when the mystical rabbis ask why Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 appear to tell two different stories of the creation of womankind, the answer is that there were, in fact, two \u2018first\u2019 women created; before Eve, there was Lilith. And when she did not submit to the patriarchal gender hierarchy Adam sought to impose upon her, she escaped the Garden of Eden and became a demon. The Zohar took Lilith to new heights; according to Kabbalistic lore, she reigns alongside God on the throne of heaven, where she will sit until the world is free from sin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

For the rabbis of the middle ages, Lilith\u2019s tale was one of warning: women who do not submit to their husbands will be banished and demonized, replaced. But in the modern age, standing up for gender equality is -- to many -- inspiration rather than a horror story. With the rise of Jewish feminism,<\/span> Lilith has been reclaimed<\/span><\/a> and repurposed. For the first time in her nearly 5,000-year history, she is seen as a heroine and celebrated for her sacrifice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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In chapter 34, Isaiah prophesies about the destruction of Edom \u2013 first by human conquerors, then by vicious birds and beasts. In the last verse of the chapter, Isaiah describes how God will divide up the land among the animals:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And it is He who apportioned it to them by lot,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Whose hand divided it for them with the line.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>They shall possess it for all time,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>They shall dwell there through the ages (Isaiah 34:17).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This dreadful imagery mirrors the division of the Land of Israel by lots in the time of Joshua (13:6, 18:6-8). But unlike Israel coming to settle the land, the land of Edom will be desolate.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Hebrew word for \u201clot\u201d in these verses is <\/span>goral<\/span><\/em>. It originally referred to the small stone used to cast lots. That word for \u201csmall stone, pebble\u201d found its way into the Greek <\/span>korallion<\/span><\/em> (where it indicated a particular red stone found in the Mediterranean), and later the Latin <\/span>corallium<\/span><\/em> \u2013 and from there eventually became the English word \u201c<\/span>coral<\/span><\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The <\/span>goral<\/span><\/em> was used in a number of occasions to determine the outcome of an unclear choice or future. It was placed on each of the identical goats in the Yom Kippur ceremony (Leviticus 16:8), and as we mentioned, it was used to determine the division of the land between the tribes. We see a similar connection in English, between the words \u201clot\u201d (as in plot of land) and \u201clottery\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Casting lots indicated that the decision was no longer in human hands, but rather in the hand of God. So it\u2019s not surprising that the meaning of the word eventually developed into the meaning most common today, \u201cfate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

However, it was not only believers in God who cast lots. Famously, in the book of Esther, Haman cast lots to determine the most auspicious day to carry out his plan of annihilating the Jews. But he didn\u2019t use the Hebrew word <\/span>goral<\/span><\/em>, but rather the Akkadian word <\/span>pur<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0 His plan failed, but as a commemoration, we celebrate the day determined by his casting of the lots as Purim. It might seem strange to name the holiday that way, but by doing so we come to understand that casting lots can\u2019t be used as a means to undermine God\u2019s plan, but will only be successful when combined with obedience to God.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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\"The LORD has a sword; it is sated with blood, it is gorged with fat\u2014 the blood of lambs and he-goats, the kidney fat of rams. For the LORD holds a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom\" (6).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

From the traditional medieval perspective, sacrifice (<\/span>zevach<\/span><\/i>) and slaughter (<\/span>tevach<\/span><\/i>) are interchangeable, both carried out by the blood-sated sword with which the sacrifice or slaughter (of the lambs, goats, and rams) is carried out. Malbim,* again, manages to draw meaningful distinctions among these otherwise synonymous elements.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

God will wreak His vengeance on Edom because it destroyed His Temple, but His action against Bozrah [a city on Edom] will come in order to get them to recognize Him, as implied later in \u201cWho comes from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah, in this majestic attire\u201d (63:1). Accordingly, he said here that God has a sacrifice in Bozrah and a great slaughter in Edom because sacrifice is for the purpose of providing food while slaughter is a means of vengeance. The slaughter for vengeance will occur in the Land of Edom and in Bozrah there will be a great feast of sacrifice producing enough pleasure to offset the false ideas and to set the table for faith and [true] wisdom.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Therefore, the slaughter is linked to the great sword engorged by the blood of the lambs and he-goats, to whom the heroes and nobility are compared, and the sacrifice, whose purpose is not vengeance but providing edible delights, is linked with the kidney fat of rams. He used the simile of kidney fat because [the kidneys] provided erroneous advice, so [their removal] will restore them to the true faith.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Bear in mind that in the ancient world there was a belief that wisdom reposed in the kidneys and that one of God\u2019s epithets is \u201cwho tests the kidneys and the heart\u201d (Jer. 11:20).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

*For the significance of Malbim\u2019s commentary to the Book of Isaiah,<\/span> see our introduction to chapter 1.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n

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Our book contains two other major prophecies about the destruction of Edom, and her capital city Bazra (see Genesis 36:33, Amos 1:12).\u00a0 These two prophecies \u2013 in chapters 34 and 63 clearly relate to one another, and both speak of a dramatic day of vengeance from God\u2019s enemies, and particularly the Edomites who live in Bazra.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Chapter 63 describes that vengeance through the imagery of the individual coming from Bazra with red soaked garments, while Chapter 34 describes a time of great slaughter among all the nations. Chapter 34 is also noteworthy for its vast listing of animals who will live in Edom after destruction: short-eared owl (ka-at<\/em> and kipod<\/em>), long-eared owl (yanshuf<\/em>), raven or crow (orev<\/em>), ostrich (bat-yanah;<\/em> or the eagle owl), desert owl (tanim<\/em>, but see Eicha 4:3 perhaps 'hyena'), jackals (iyim<\/em>), tawny owl (lilit<\/em>, or the name of a demon), kites (daya<\/em>), and herons (kipoz<\/em>).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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All rabbis- whether Reform, Conservative or Orthodox- give sermons.\u00a0 In Hebrew, the sermon is called the \"<\/span>drasha<\/span><\/em>\" (from the word \u201c<\/span>drash<\/span><\/em>\u201d meaning \u201cto seek out\u201d). The sermon, or <\/span>drasha<\/span><\/em>, is the tool in which the rabbi shows the relevance of the ancient words of the Torah for his (or her) current time. The first recorded <\/span>drasha<\/span><\/em> can be found in the 34<\/span>th<\/span> chapter of Isaiah. \u201c<\/span>Dirshu<\/span><\/em> (seek out) <\/span>from the Book of the Lord and read<\/span>\" (34:16) says Isaiah as he invites the listeners of his <\/span>drasha<\/span><\/em> to continue to learn from the verses of the Torah, as he did.\u00a0 Isaiah does not say what was the issue of his time that needed to be addressed<\/span>, <\/span><\/i>but it can be figured out by comparing the context of Isaiah chapter 34 and the beginning of the book of Leviticus.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Chapter 34 of Isaiah starts with the Hebrew word \"<\/span>Karvu<\/span><\/em>\" (\"Come near!\"), as Isaiah calls out to the people to come hear his prophecy. \"<\/span>Karvu<\/span><\/em>\" is from the same root as <\/span>korbanot<\/span><\/em>, the offerings mentioned in the first chapter of Leviticus. Isaiah then states that God will punish the Edomite enemies of Israel and the \"stench (of their corpses) shall rise\" (34:2).\u00a0 This contrasts with the rising \u201cpleasant-smelling odor\" of the offerings mentioned in the first chapter of Leviticus (1:9). The book of Leviticus then mentions lambs and goats as some of the animals which one may bring as offerings, and Isaiah states that the Edomite enemies will be the \"lamb and goats\" that will be slaughtered (34:6). The book of Leviticus then discusses the special day when God's presence will appear to the people of Israel (9:4), whereas Isaiah speaks about the special day of revenge that God will take upon those who fought with the people of Israel (34:8). The book of Leviticus then proceeds to list the birds of prey which are forbidden for the Israelites to eat since they are a holy people (11: 45), while Isaiah explains that these birds of prey will make their dwelling place in Edom since God has punished the Edomite for their sins and turned their land into a place of eternal desolation (34:11-16).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

From this <\/span>drasha<\/span><\/em>, we can give an educated guess to what was happening at the time of Isaiah. It seems that the Edomite were again making the claim (as did Esau their ancestor) that they were the true first-born son and therefore deserved to inherit the land. 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34:7 \u201cAnd wild oxen shall come down with\u00a0 them, and bulls with the steers. And their land shall slake its thirst with blood, and their soil shall be greased with fat.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

While the general sense of a massacre is clear, the formulation of this whole verse is rather opaque: the verb \u201ccome down\u201d sounds odd; the reference of \u201cwith them\u201d (the Edomites?) is uncertain; and given that the prophet has moved on from slaughtered animals to slaughtered Edomites, it is puzzling that he should revert here to animals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

From: Robert Alter, <\/span>The Hebrew Bible, <\/span><\/i>vol. 2: Prophets, W. W. Norton & Co., 2019, ad loc. 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\u201cMidrash and Its Beginnings\u201d<\/a> by Mordecai Schwartz: Explore the origins of Biblical interpretation.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cDemonic Forces in the Bible\u201d<\/a> by Tzvi Sinensky: Sinister spirits in Tanakh.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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  1. Why Edom?<\/em> Why is Edom singled out for such harsh treatment in this prophecy? What did they do - and when? This prophecy joins other prophecies elsewhere in the Tanach that express a very severe attitude to Edom, and tie Israel\u2019s eventual redemption with Edom\u2019s downfall. The actual historical relationships between Judah and Edom were often characterized by hatred and bad blood. These harsh words are particularly relevant regarding the role Edom played in the destruction of Jerusalem. Moreoever, it seems that already in the Tanach, the historical Edom began to become a trans-historical symbol of evil and hatred of Israel. In the post-Biblical world, this symbol became even more powerful when Edom became associated with the Roman empire, and later - Christendom.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Sensual images<\/em>. The description of the coming carnage is loaded with very tactile images, flowing with blood, and with the stench rising from the slaughter (verse 3) and the conflagration (verse 9).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Tohu-bohu, primordial chaos.<\/em> A destruction of these dimensions is a return to the chaos before the Creation: \u201cHe shall measure it with a line of chaos (<\/span>kav-tohu)<\/span><\/i> And with weights of emptiness (<\/span>avnei-bohu<\/span><\/i>)\u201d (verse 11).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. The animals of the wilderness<\/em>. Here are the heirs to the human settlement, the wild animals of the newly established wilderness: \u201cJackdaws and owls shall possess it; Great owls and ravens shall dwell there\u2026It shall be a home of jackals, An abode of ostriches\u2026Wildcats shall meet hyenas, Goat-demons shall greet each other; There too the lilith shall repose\u2026There the arrow-snake shall nest and lay eggs\u2026There too the buzzards shall gather.\u201d (9-15).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  5. Which book is that<\/em>? Verse 16 invites us to read. Because everything is already written. But what exactly is \u201cthe scroll of the Lord?\u201d One of the books of the Torah? The book of the wars of the Lord, which is mentioned in various places? Perhaps another book, that has been lost? Or is it just a metaphor for a decree that has been written?<\/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":"Isaiah 34","tile_main_caption":"Points to Ponder","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":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Isaiah","chapter":"34","chapter_main_number":"368","date":"20270126","wall_id":"368"},"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\/66522"}],"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=66522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}