{"id":2584,"date":"2008-04-03T18:25:36","date_gmt":"2008-04-04T02:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=2584"},"modified":"2008-04-04T17:00:46","modified_gmt":"2008-04-05T01:00:46","slug":"sage-sucking-on-lollipop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=2584","title":{"rendered":"Sage Sucking On Lollipop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was at a Torah lecture the other day and I saw a sage sucking on a lollipop (it&#8217;s the best way to enjoy sugar without putting on weight) and it disturbed me. It didn&#8217;t seem right. Until that moment, I did not realize that I&#8217;d feel jarred by such a sight, but I did.<\/p>\n<p>It just does not befit the honor of the Torah.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure I want my Torah sages chewing gum either.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe I&#8217;m too sensitive.<\/p>\n<p><!--adsense--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was at a Torah lecture the other day and I saw a sage sucking on a lollipop (it&#8217;s the best way to enjoy sugar without putting on weight) and it disturbed me. It didn&#8217;t seem right. Until that moment, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=2584\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[590],"tags":[3933,3934,3471],"class_list":["post-2584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-torah","tag-chewing-gum","tag-lollipop","tag-torah-sages"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}