{"id":4637,"date":"2014-04-21T08:46:44","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T15:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=4637"},"modified":"2014-04-21T08:46:44","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T15:46:44","slug":"chag-sameach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2014\/04\/21\/chag-sameach\/","title":{"rendered":"Chag Sameach!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Happy last day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Chag HaMatzot) \u2014 a high holy day Shabbat (Sabbath) to you all!<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/13\/feast-of-unleavened-bread\/matzah\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-541\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-541\" alt=\"matzah\" src=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/matzah.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/matzah.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/matzah-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/matzah-402x300.jpg 402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3d3d00;\">We are in the first week of seven weeks of the counting of the omer. Today is the second day of 50 days in the counting of the omer leading up to the biblical Feast of Weeks (Pentecost). 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