{"id":456,"date":"2025-06-19T21:50:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T21:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/international.beth-midrash.com\/?p=456"},"modified":"2025-06-19T21:50:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T21:50:54","slug":"rabbi-alex-blend-on-weekly-torah-portion-shlach-%d7%a4%d6%b8%d6%bc%d7%a8%d6%b8%d7%a9%d6%b7%d7%81%d7%aa-%d7%a9%d6%b0%d7%81%d7%9c%d6%b7%d7%97%d6%be%d7%9c%d6%b0%d7%9a%d6%b8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/international.beth-midrash.com\/?p=456","title":{"rendered":"Rabbi Alex Blend on Weekly Torah Portion Sh&#8217;lach \/ \u00a0\u05e4\u05b8\u05bc\u05e8\u05b8\u05e9\u05b7\u05c1\u05ea\u00a0\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05dc\u05b7\u05d7\u05be\u05dc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u041d\u0435\u0434\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0432\u0430 \u0428\u043b\u0430\u0445. \u0421\u0430\u043c\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0441\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e\u044f\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c. \u0411\u0435\u043c\u0438\u0434\u0431\u0430\u0440 14:1-45\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4hyGyk7My2c?feature=oembed&#038;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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