{"id":5311,"date":"2026-03-31T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/?p=5311"},"modified":"2026-03-30T11:18:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:18:25","slug":"shanah-tovah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/shanah-tovah\/","title":{"rendered":"Shanah Tovah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Lucas Ben Spires, Special to the Journal <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1196\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_1722-1196x1200.jpeg\" alt=\"Three rows of four watercolor pomegranates\" class=\"wp-image-5313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_1722-1196x1200.jpeg 1196w, https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_1722-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_1722-768x770.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_1722-1532x1536.jpeg 1532w, https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_1722-2042x2048.jpeg 2042w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1196px) 100vw, 1196px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Shanah Tovah&#8221; | Lucas Ben Spires<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I made this piece for Rosh Hashanah. At the time of painting, it was the year 5786 in the Hebrew Calendar. Pomegranates are traditionally eaten because it is said that they have 613 seeds, symbolic of the 613 mitzvot or commandments. This piece is gouache on 5&#215;5 cold-press watercolor paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lucas Ben Spires, Special to the Journal I made this piece for Rosh Hashanah. At the time of painting, it was the year 5786 in the Hebrew Calendar. Pomegranates&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":5313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-5311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-creative"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5311"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5380,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5311\/revisions\/5380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5311"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=5311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}