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A critique of the Shabbath service of the Union Prayer Book can concern itself with two distinct questions. One is how well the service carries out the principles upon which the Union Prayer Book is based; the other is whether…
Continue readingDownload Printable Version The Failure of Seventh-Day Shabbat In the 1960s, this writer introduced a new concept of Shabbat: Shabbat as a state of being.(1) This is an appropriate time to focus anew on this concept, which will be referred to…
Continue readingIn a Journal article entitled “Two Concepts of Shabbat” (Fall 1987), Alvin Reines argues in favor of a notion of Shabbat which he terms “State-of-Being Shabbat” over the normative Shabbat, which he terms “Seventh-Day Shabbat.”
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This is a Sabbath moment, a moment of divine quest. Together we have created a sanctuary of Israel. We are invested with the sounds of the spirit. We are gathered in mutual affirmation to seek the Sabbath of the soul.
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Download Printable Version Without Hebrew Download Printable Version With Hebrew Reader (Holding Shabbat Candle) The moments of Shabbat we have shared together are nearing an end. The songs of joy that have celebrated existence fade, and we turn once again…
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The genius of Genesis enthralls the mind and delights the imagination. Existence triumphant over nothingness, cosmos victorious over chaos, silence the understanding and still the emotions.
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The words of Kohelet, Sage of ancient Israel: Two are better than one; for if they fall the one will lift up the other.
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There are many doors to the world within, to meet our thoughts and wishes, to seek our feelings. We can study ourselves, our dreams and our games. We can see ourselves in others, and in wise stories told by the…
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