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Sanctity of time
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Rabbi Heschel
pilgrimage to the Sabbath.
Abraham Joshua Heschel • The Sabbath
Time and space are interrelated.
Abraham Joshua Heschel • The Sabbath
“There is immense silent agony in the world, and the task of man is to be a voice for the plundered poor, to prevent the desecration of the soul and the violation of our dream of honesty. The more deeply immersed I became in the thinking of the prophets, the more powerfully it became clear to me what the lives of the Prophets sought to convey: that... See more
The Wisdom Letter #280
Thus, the faith in the unembodied, in the unimaginable was born.
Abraham Joshua Heschel • The Sabbath
It is an exercise in what Wiesel’s friend and teacher, the great Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, spoke of as the religious calling to be maladjusted with positive moral force, neither indifferently conformed to the reality of evil and suffering, nor inured to wondrous and redemptive possibilities we can make real.
Ariel Burger • Ariel Burger — Be a Blessing | The On Being Project
In Man’s Quest for God, Abraham Joshua Heschel wrote that a melody is even more powerful than words.
Rabbi Elie Kaunfer • Empowered Judaism: What Independent Minyanim Can Teach Us about Building Vibrant Jewish Communities
The essence of Judaism is the awareness of the reciprocity of God and man, of man’s togetherness with Him who abides in eternal otherness.