The SabbathElegant, passionate, and filled with the love of God's creation, Abraham Joshua Heschel's The Sabbath has been hailed as a classic of Jewish spirituality ever since its original publication--and has been read by thousands of people seeking meaning in modern life. In this brief yet profound meditation on the meaning of the Seventh Day, Heschel, one of the most widely respected religious leaders of the twentieth century, introduced the influential idea of an 'architecture of holiness" that appears not in space but in time. Judaism, he argues, is a religion of time: it finds meaning not in space and the materials things that fill it but in time and the eternity that imbues it, so that 'the Sabbaths are our greatcatherdrals.' |
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Abot Abot de-Rabbi Natan ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL abstain additional soul ancient rabbis arrival attained bath Bezah Bible blessed bride called cave celebrate chap Commandments covet delight Deuteronomy divine earth eternity Exodus father festivals fire Friday Genesis rabba God's grandeur groom heaven Hebrew HESCHEL holiness idea inner liberty intentionally left blank Isaiah Isaiah Horowitz Israel Jewish Jews Joshua Judah ben Ilai Judaism kabbalat Shabbat king labor Legends live Lord Louis Ginzberg man's mate means Mekilta Menorat ha-Maor menuha metaphor Midrash mind Mishnah Mishneh Torah mitzvot Moses Nakawa peace praise prayer presence prophet Psalms queen Rabbi Akiba Rabbi Hanina Rabbi Judah Rabbi Shimeon Rashi realm recite rejoice Roman Sabbath day sacred sake sanctify seventh day Shabbat Shimeon ben Yohai Sinai six days spirit Tannaim technical civilization things of space Thou shalt tion Torah Tosafot unto Wilna word world of space worldly Zohar