{"id":38486,"date":"2016-03-22T15:28:55","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T15:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/?p=38486"},"modified":"2017-08-22T13:09:55","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T13:09:55","slug":"purim-and-kippurim-unidentical-twins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/purim-and-kippurim-unidentical-twins\/","title":{"rendered":"Purim and Kippurim: Unidentical Twins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 size-266x266 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/iStock_000057826664_Small-768x511.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/iStock_000057826664_Small-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/iStock_000057826664_Small-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/iStock_000057826664_Small.jpg 849w\" alt=\"Geek and skater\" width=\"266\" height=\"177\" \/>Why should we want to be confused between cursed is Haman and blessed is Mordechai? 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