{"id":45934,"date":"2018-05-13T12:33:57","date_gmt":"2018-05-13T12:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/?p=45934"},"modified":"2018-05-13T12:33:57","modified_gmt":"2018-05-13T12:33:57","slug":"return-eternity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/return-eternity\/","title":{"rendered":"Return to Eternity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Gemara says that Shavuot is a Rosh Hashana since it is when we are judged on fruit and that is why we bring the \u05e9\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d4\u05dc\u05d7\u05dd. 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