{"id":45988,"date":"2018-05-15T17:55:38","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T17:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/?p=45988"},"modified":"2018-05-27T07:53:44","modified_gmt":"2018-05-27T07:53:44","slug":"ladder-transformation-matan-torah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/ladder-transformation-matan-torah\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ladder of Transformation: Receiving the Torah at Sinai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How could a people enslaved for two centuries transform into a nation in only 49 days and merit to hear directly from God? 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