It is a day for praise, not a day for petitions.

Thus the value of the festive day was determined by the things nature did or did not bring forth.

pays more attention to generations, to events, than to countries, to things; it is more concerned with history than with geography.

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.

Yet to have more does not mean to be more.

Time and space are interrelated.

we know what to do with space but do not know what to do about time, except to make it subservient to space.

the essence of the Sabbath is completely detached from the world of space.

“Sanctify the Sabbath by choice meals, by beautiful garments; delight your soul with pleasure and I will reward you for this very pleasure.”