{"id":30799,"date":"2006-05-17T20:24:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/holidays\/shavuot\/sefira_the_countdown_to_shavuos\/"},"modified":"2017-08-21T13:25:18","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T13:25:18","slug":"sefira_the_countdown_to_shavuos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/sefira_the_countdown_to_shavuos\/","title":{"rendered":"Sefira: The Countdown to Shavuot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 size-266x266 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Countdown-1.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Countdown-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Countdown-1.jpg 750w\" alt=\"Countdown\" width=\"266\" height=\"177\" \/>Sefira: The Countdown to Shavuot &#8211; Given by Rabbi Paysach J. Krohn, noted author and mohel. 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