{"id":30687,"date":"2008-09-14T14:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/holidays\/months\/aleinu_and_ldovid_humility_and_sincerity\/"},"modified":"2018-05-08T14:03:26","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T14:03:26","slug":"aleinu_and_ldovid_humility_and_sincerity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/aleinu_and_ldovid_humility_and_sincerity\/","title":{"rendered":"Aleinu and L\u2019Dovid: Humility and Sincerity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 size-266x266 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/iStock_000044418788_Small.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/iStock_000044418788_Small.jpg 849w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/iStock_000044418788_Small-300x200.jpg 300w\" alt=\"Silhouette of man praying with heavenly cloudscape sunset concept for religion, worship, love and spirituality\" width=\"266\" height=\"177\" \/>Why do we recite Psalm 27 every day during Elul? 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