Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes About Sabbath

Quotes about: Sabbath

• The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on the Sabbath we try to become attuned to holiness in time. It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Space, Trying, Six

  Abraham Joshua Heschel (2005). “The Sabbath”, p.22, Macmillan

• There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord. Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Space, Giving, Goal

  Abraham Joshua Heschel (2005). “The Sabbath”, p.15, Macmillan

• The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired.

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Weekdays, Inspired, Sabbath

  Abraham Joshua Heschel (2005). “The Sabbath”, p.34, Macmillan

• There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath. Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Spiritual, Ideas, Shining

  Abraham Joshua Heschel (2005). “The Sabbath”, p.99, Macmillan

• The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living.

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Weekdays, Sake, Sabbath

  Abraham Joshua Heschel (2005). “The Sabbath”, p.26, Macmillan

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