Open Preview See a Problem? No trivia or quizzes yet. Many of the spiritual maladies of existence are from focusing on the things of space rather than time. But, it has some interesting ideas and concepts that people of other faiths might find helpful as they try to understand and relate to their Creator. I read Heschel's book, then, on one such digital sabbath, and it was a perfect companion. 
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Heschel brilliantly reframes religious observance in a way that reinvigorates it with meaning, moving it out of the realm of observance-for-observance-sake. It also got me thinking about Einsteinian time-space as a dimension, and how time travel isn't physically impossible, but I digress.
He likens abstention from labor and activity as comparable to negative theology, that is, the description of God in negative terms, what God is not. The reverence for the sacred image, for the sacred monument or place, is not only indigenous to most religions, it has even been retained by men of all ages, all nations, pious, superstitious or even antireligious; they all continue to pay homage to banners and flags, to national shrines, to monuments erected to kings or heroes.
Seriously in love with it and its place within Judaism and the world. Latter-Day Saints have recently received a call from our own prophet to re-evaluate our attitude toward the Sabbath.
I recommend it to people interested in a fresh, more poetic vision of the sabbath. Inspired by Pang's book, I've been experimenting with taking 'digital sabbaths' for the past year or so: The Romans attempted to sanctify space through building and civilization; Heschel maintains that eternity is gained through sanctified time.
This was probably one of the most inspiring books I've read. To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: However, around the middle of the book, he hesxhel about the nature of the "shabbat queen" imagery, and this section wanders quite a bit: This is obvious in our understanding of time, which, being thingless and insubstantial, appears to us as if it had no reality.
The Sabbaths are our great cathedrals; and our Holy of Holies is a shrine that neither the Romans nor the Germans were able to burn; a shrine that even apostasy cannot easily obliterate: Heschel talks at length about time and space, and leads the reader into some philosophical worlds which are exciting and new. There is not enough grandeur in our souls to be able to unravel in words the knot of time and eternity. Feb 03, Melissa rated it really liked it.
We joined in the ceremonial washing of hands, the blessing of bread, the prayers, the kosher meal, the recitation of scripture, and singing Sabbath songs in a celebratory mood All we create, even our mightiest structures, e. I love the idea of 6-winged angels, and the ideas of paradise, spirit as our mates, and time to re-ensoul ourselves through contemplation.
Sep 23, Kilian Metcalf rated it really liked it.
I recommend this book extremely highly! 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.
A moment of insight is a fortune, transporting us beyond the confines of measured time. Dec 31, Melody rated it really liked it Shelves: I especially liked his descriptions of space and time, how sabbatb Sabbath is a I've had a holy envy of the Jewish Sabbath ever since being at the Western Wall on a Friday evening in Jerusalem.
The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man by Abraham Joshua Heschel
And the Shabbat is Judaism's greatest "temple. We Latter-Day Saints are perhaps missing something in this dimension of time. The Sabbath, by Abraham Joshua Heschel. Thus the essence of the Sabbath is completely detached from the world of space.
The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man
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