Holiness in Time, Not Only in Space | My Jewish Learning
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschelmyjewishlearning.com
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.
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
By living everyday life with a dimension of depth, people become at once more human and more holy.
we know what to do with space but do not know what to do about time, except to make it subservient to space.