{"id":28429,"date":"2005-07-21T02:37:44","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/holidays\/the-three-weeks\/recognizing_the_mourning_light\/"},"modified":"2017-08-21T10:23:43","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T10:23:43","slug":"recognizing_the_mourning_light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/recognizing_the_mourning_light\/","title":{"rendered":"Recognizing the Mourning Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 size-266x266 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Light-e1470400788208-270x270.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Light-e1470400788208-270x270.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Light-e1470400788208-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Light-e1470400788208-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Light-e1470400788208-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Light-e1470400788208-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Light-e1470400788208-70x70.jpg 70w\" alt=\"Rays of sunshine break through the dark clouds.\" width=\"266\" height=\"266\" \/>There are 2 different \u00a0and distinct concepts: zecher l&#8217;mikdash (remembering the Bet HaMikdash) and zecher l&#8217;churban (remembering the\u00a0destruction). 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