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It is, indeed, a unique occasion at which the distinguished word kadosh is used for the first time: in the Book of Genesis at the end of the story of creation. How extremely significant is the fact that it is applied to time: “And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy.”
- Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
- Rest and Remember
- Covenant and Commandment
- The Sabbath Bride
- Heschel and The “Cathedral in Time”
The first reason the Torah gives begins in the book of Genesis: “On the seventh day, God finished that work that He had been doing…. And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because on it God ceased from all the work of creation that He had done.” (Genesis 2:2-3). Although there is no mention here that human beings should also observe ...
The second reason the Torah gives for observing Shabbat appears in the version of the Ten Commandments presented in the Book of Deuteronomy. God says, “Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God freed you from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe Sh...
Jewish tradition continued to expand and embellish these theological themes of Shabbat. In late antiquity, according to the Talmud, the rabbis used to dress in white garments, as a bridegroom, and walk out among the hills calling, “Come my Beloved, let us greet the Shabbat bride!” This is the basis for the liturgical poem Lecha Dodi (“come my belov...
The great 20th-century Jewish theologian Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, in his influential work The Sabbath, poetically articulates the notion of Shabbat as “a cathedral in time” — a “place” in time rather than space in which we develop the practices of sacred rest, and focus on being in the world rather than transforming it. Sign up for My Jewish L...
Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time, to be attached to sacred events, to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year. 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 . . . .
May 10, 2024 · Shabbat is called the “great gift” from a heavenly treasure house, and our tables are vessels to receive its blessings. IN YORAM RAANAN’S painting Shabbat Table Crowns, a table with candles...
Aug 26, 2022 · (Isa. 6:3) What does kadosh kadosh kadosh mean? Most translations have something like “holy, holy, holy!” but our approach adds new meaning to the repetition, rendering it “holy in every way” or “infinitely holy.”
This is why the list of holidays includes Shabbos. Shabbos, however, is treated to a designation that the other days are not. It is called “kodesh,” without any modifiers, because it is the source of all kedusha h. The other days are appropriately referred to as mikra’ei kodesh, days called to kedusha h.
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Jul 10, 2024 · Jews consider the seventh day, which is called Shabbat or the Sabbath, as a holy day of rest; they refrain from work and spend time worshiping God. This makes Shabbat or the Sabbath kadosh because it is special and distinct from the other days of the week.
