{"id":57391,"date":"2025-03-12T15:37:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T15:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/?p=57391"},"modified":"2025-03-12T20:15:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T20:15:26","slug":"tehillim-19-and-the-essence-of-simchas-torah-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/tehillim-19-and-the-essence-of-simchas-torah-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tehillim 19 and the Essence of Simchas Torah, Part 2: Defining the Format and Structure of Birchos Krias Shema"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>L\u2019ilui nishmas<\/em>\u00a0Beila d\u2019Raisia bas Baruch Halevi\u00a0and\u00a0<em>lirefuah shleima<\/em>\u00a0Miriam Aidel bas Sara Malka<\/p>\n<p>Also:<\/p>\n<p>Tehillim 19 and the Essence of Simchas Torah &#8211; Part 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/tehillim-19-and-the-essence-of-simchas-torah\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Answer to Life, The Universe, and Everything &#8211; and It&#8217;s Not 42! 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