{"id":30573,"date":"2011-12-23T03:21:01","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/holidays\/chanukah\/chanukah_5772_-_esther_wein\/"},"modified":"2017-08-22T11:03:12","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T11:03:12","slug":"chanukah_5772_-_esther_wein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/chanukah_5772_-_esther_wein\/","title":{"rendered":"Chanukah 5772: Pharaoh&#8217;s Dreams &#038; Chanukah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 size-266x266 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Domino-Effect-e1472488874471.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Domino-Effect-e1472488874471.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Domino-Effect-e1472488874471-300x200.jpg 300w\" alt=\"Domino Effect\" width=\"266\" height=\"177\" \/>Fatalism and Freedom: Pharaoh&#8217;s Chanukah Dreams:<\/p>\n<p>Pharaoh&#8217;s dreams, through a long chain of events, led to a great revelation of a single God who controls nature. 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