{"id":30689,"date":"2008-09-11T14:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/holidays\/months\/the_light_of_elul_and_the_glitter_of_madison_avenue\/"},"modified":"2016-10-06T08:14:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T08:14:18","slug":"the_light_of_elul_and_the_glitter_of_madison_avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/the_light_of_elul_and_the_glitter_of_madison_avenue\/","title":{"rendered":"The Light of Elul vs. the Glitter of Madison Avenue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 size-266x266 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Madison-Avenue-e1471344869823.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Madison-Avenue-e1471344869823.jpg 688w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Madison-Avenue-e1471344869823-300x201.jpg 300w\" alt=\"Madison Avenue\" width=\"266\" height=\"178\" \/>Usually preventative measures are rabbinic, however when it comes to falsehood, even the Torah itself tells us to distance ourselves from it.<\/p>\n<p>A shiur by\u00a0Rabbi Yosef Grossman, OU Director of Kosher Education and host of <i>The Good Vort<\/i> on OURadio.org. 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