{"id":10,"date":"2009-03-08T21:22:48","date_gmt":"2009-03-08T21:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/homeshuling\/2009\/03\/and-no-dead-goldfish.html"},"modified":"2009-03-08T21:22:48","modified_gmt":"2009-03-08T21:22:48","slug":"and-no-dead-goldfish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/homeshuling\/2009\/03\/and-no-dead-goldfish.html","title":{"rendered":"and no dead goldfish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width:77px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-144\" src=\"https:\/\/homeshuling.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/03\/mac.jpg\" alt=\"mac &amp; cheese - the new gragger\" width=\"77\" height=\"160\" \/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">mac &amp; cheese &#8211; the new gragger<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Today the Hebrew school where I teach held an out of the ordinary Purim celebation. 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