Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel

Abraham Joshua Heschel: ‘Every Moment Is an Opportunity for Greatness’

The great rabbi decried the antipathy for old age and the trivialization of retirement. He urged America to do better.

Shabbat as a Sanctuary in Time

The Sabbaths are our great cathedrals, the Jewish equivalent of sacred architecture.

Shabbat as a Reminder of Creation

Heschel draws out the implications of the idea that we rest in memory/imitation of God's primeval rest at the end of Creation.

Holiness in Time, Not Only in Space

We are often blind to the dimension that lacks physical substance, and that can lead to enslavement to things.