The Sabbath

Book Cover-The Sabbat, with woodcut

The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man (1951)

Heschel explores the spiritual and ethical significance of the Sabbath in this classic work. He argues that the Sabbath is a sanctuary in time, providing a space for humans to connect with the divine and find rest from the demands of everyday life.

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He offered me an urgency that I hadn't felt in my Judaism before then. Rabbi Jill Jacobs The rhythm of the week (and my own sanity!) is shaped by this practice. Casper ter Kuile The encounter vividly encompasses for me Heschel's remarkable qualities . . . not only his warmth, caring, humor, and humanity, but his insistence on rigorous and careful scholarship.  Rabbi Eli Schochet