{"id":356,"date":"2018-02-15T16:32:05","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T00:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rabbiweiner.com\/?page_id=356"},"modified":"2026-10-30T14:59:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T21:59:04","slug":"articles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rabbiweiner.com\/index.php\/articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"356\" class=\"elementor elementor-356\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f781d9b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6f781d9b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c9e16b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1c9e16b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2bc761 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-default-div e-b2bc761-4660cfe \" data-id=\"b2bc761\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"b2bc761\">\n    <div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-339989b e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-default-div e-339989b-eed13d3 \" data-id=\"339989b\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"339989b\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0f9439 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f0f9439\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scholarly Articles<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e18278 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e18278\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rabbiweiner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Verapo-Yerape-Is-Prayer-Ever-Futile-PDF.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Is Prayer Ever Futile? 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