{"id":30589,"date":"2011-06-06T21:26:40","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T21:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/holidays\/shavuot\/thoughts_on_shavuot\/"},"modified":"2022-11-08T08:01:39","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T08:01:39","slug":"thoughts_on_shavuot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/thoughts_on_shavuot\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on Shavuot: Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 size-266x266 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Ignorance-e1462460639898-768x512.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Ignorance-e1462460639898-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Ignorance-e1462460639898-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Ignorance-e1462460639898.jpg 837w\" alt=\"Ignorance\" width=\"266\" height=\"177\" \/>The difference in visualization before &amp; 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