Holiness in Time, Not Only in Space | My Jewish Learning
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Holiness in Time, Not Only in Space | My Jewish Learning
This, then, is the answer to the problem of civilization: not to flee from the realm of space; to work with things of space but to be in love with eternity. Things are our tools; eternity, the Sabbath, is our mate. Israel is engaged to eternity.
Abraham Joshua Heschel • The Sabbath
The beauty of Jewish spirituality is precisely that in Judaism, God is close. You don’t need to climb a mountain or enter an ashram to find the Divine Presence. It is there around the table at a Shabbat meal, in the light of the candles, and the simple holiness of the Kiddush wine, and the challot, in the praise
Jonathan Sacks • Studies in Spirituality (Covenant & Conversation Book 9)
By living everyday life with a dimension of depth, people become at once more human and more holy.
Irving Greenberg • The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays
we know what to do with space but do not know what to do about time, except to make it subservient to space.
Abraham Joshua Heschel • The Sabbath
Time is the process of creation, and things of space are results of creation. When looking at space we see the products of creations; when intuiting time we hear the process of creation. Things of space exhibit a deceptive independence. They show off a veneer of limited permanence. Things created conceal the Creator. It is the dimension of time... See more