{"id":30795,"date":"2006-05-18T20:12:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/holidays\/yom-yerushalayim\/jerusalem_above_and_below\/"},"modified":"2018-05-08T13:45:30","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T13:45:30","slug":"jerusalem_above_and_below","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/jerusalem_above_and_below\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerusalem: Above and Below"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why does Yerushalayim have a mystical claim on us? Why is it always on our agenda; the world is compared to an eyeball, the pupil is Yerushalayim.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 size-266x266 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Jerusalem-e1462437677678-768x513.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Jerusalem-e1462437677678-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Jerusalem-e1462437677678-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Jerusalem-e1462437677678.jpg 1588w\" alt=\"Jerusalem\" width=\"266\" height=\"178\" \/>Jerusalem: Above and Below &#8211; presented by Rabbi Ralph Pelcovitz, Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Kneseth Israel of West Lawrence, NY. 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