The Sabbath

Rest on the Sabbath as if all your work were done. Another interpretation: Rest even from the thought of labor.” 13

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

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.

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

qadosh, holy; a word which more than any other is representative of the mystery and majesty of the divine.

Time and space are interrelated.

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

man may enter a harbor and reclaim his dignity.

Unlike the space-minded man to whom time is unvaried, iterative, homogeneous, to whom all hours are alike, qualitiless, empty shells, the Bible senses the diversified character of time. There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious.