“There is a song in the wind, a joy in the trees, Shabbat arrives in the world … Eternity utters a day.”
—The Sabbath, 1951
In my previous religious life, praying for me was about technique, but without intention. Heschel changed my attitude in prayer.
Sefi Dahan
I see in social justice activism a religious obligation, and that is at the center of my rabbinate.
Rabbi Claudia Kreiman
It was my own encounter with Heschel’s writings as an adolescent and young adult that challenged me.
Rabbi Simkha Weintraub
"If Not Now" Play from the Sabbath Variations