{ "clip_details": { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "yachatz-middle-matzah-brokenness", "title": "Yachatz: The MIddle Matzah of Brokenness", "author": "Phil Neuman", "author_handle": "pjneuman", "author_initials": "PN", "covertext": "The leader takes out the middle Matzah, breaks it in two and holds up both pieces. 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