{"id":688,"date":"2005-10-19T13:24:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-19T17:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=688"},"modified":"2005-12-05T20:46:10","modified_gmt":"2005-12-06T01:46:10","slug":"did-you-know-the-torah-is-made-out-of-hemp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/did-you-know-the-torah-is-made-out-of-hemp","title":{"rendered":"Did you know the Torah is made out of hemp?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why <em>shouldn&#8217;t<\/em> there be a <a href=\"http:\/\/hasidicreggae.com\/\">Hasidic reggae rapper<\/a>? Go, Matisyahu!<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom: 0.25em;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why shouldn&#8217;t there be a Hasidic reggae rapper? 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