The Sabbath

The love of the Sabbath is the love of man for what he and God have in common.

It is a day of the soul as well as of the body; comfort and pleasure are an integral part of the Sabbath observance.

it is not a thing that lends significance to a moment; it is the moment that lends significance to things.

man may enter a harbor and reclaim his dignity.

One must sacrifice mitzvot for the sake of man rather than sacrifice man “for the sake of mitzvot.”

The solution of mankind’s most vexing problem will not be found in renouncing technical civilization, but in attaining some degree of independence of it.

The real and the spiritual are one, like body and soul in a living man.

The duty to work for six days is just as much a part of God’s covenant with man as the duty to abstain from work on the seventh day.

the seventh day is a mine where spirit’s precious metal can be found with which to construct the palace in time, a dimension in which the human is at home with the divine; a dimension in which man aspires to approach the likeness of the divine.