{"id":496917,"date":"2026-08-06T10:46:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T08:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/djc.com.ua\/news\/new-video-on-the-menorah-channel-how-to-overcome-aggression-and-stop-making-excuses-a-lesson-from-parshas-reeh-rav-shmuel-kaminezki\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T10:50:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T08:50:34","slug":"new-video-on-the-menorah-channel-how-to-overcome-aggression-and-stop-making-excuses-a-lesson-from-parshas-reeh-rav-shmuel-kaminezki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/djc.com.ua\/en\/news\/new-video-on-the-menorah-channel-how-to-overcome-aggression-and-stop-making-excuses-a-lesson-from-parshas-reeh-rav-shmuel-kaminezki\/","title":{"rendered":"New Video on the &#8220;Menorah&#8221; Channel: &#8220;How to Overcome Aggression and Stop Making Excuses? 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