{"id":43273,"date":"2016-10-10T17:30:07","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T17:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/?p=43273"},"modified":"2018-05-09T06:47:53","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T06:47:53","slug":"cleansing-the-cosmos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/cleansing-the-cosmos\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleansing the Cosmos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 size-266x266 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Cosmos-e1476340992255-768x512.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Cosmos-e1476340992255-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Cosmos-e1476340992255-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Cosmos-e1476340992255-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" alt=\"Cosmos\" width=\"266\" height=\"177\" \/>The Torah uses &#8220;kapara&#8221; and &#8220;tahara&#8221; to describe Yom Kippur. 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