{"id":1053,"date":"2016-12-13T09:20:22","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T15:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.draherin.com\/?p=1053"},"modified":"2016-12-13T09:23:02","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T15:23:02","slug":"wrestling-with-a-torch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.draherin.com\/2016\/12\/13\/wrestling-with-a-torch\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrestling With a Torch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chabad.org\/parshah\/article_cdo\/aid\/3514685\/jewish\/Wrestling-With-a-Torch.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.draherin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/eJTn9706280-1.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Body and soul are in constant warfare, each trying to draw the other towards what they appreciate and enjoy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With its use of a single root word for \u201cwrestle\u201d and \u201ctorch,\u201d the Holy Tongue teaches us about the goal of this wrestling match\u00a0between body and soul. The goal is not to obliterate material concerns and pleasures from one\u2019s life. The goal is to create a torch.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chabad.org\/parshah\/article_cdo\/aid\/3514685\/jewish\/Wrestling-With-a-Torch.htm\">Wrestling With a Torch<\/a>\u00a0at Chabad.org<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Body and soul are in constant warfare, each trying to draw the other towards what they appreciate and enjoy. With its use of a single root word for \u201cwrestle\u201d and \u201ctorch,\u201d the Holy Tongue teaches us about the goal of this wrestling match\u00a0between body and soul. The goal is not to obliterate material concerns and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.draherin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/eJTn9706280-1.jpg?fit=500%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5MjSO-gZ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":684,"url":"https:\/\/www.draherin.com\/2015\/08\/13\/the-holy-beggars-of-safed\/","url_meta":{"origin":1053,"position":0},"title":"The Holy Beggars of Safed","date":"2015-08-13","format":false,"excerpt":"Like any small town, Safed has a few professional beggars. None of them are drunkards, thank\u00a0G\u2011d, or homeless, G\u2011d forbid. They just beg for a living. 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