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Shabbat... a palace in Time
If you read Abraham Heschel's book The Sabbath you will find that he alludes to a beautiful idea...
We are beings that are confined to space and time. We have built HaShema palaceon Earth, or 'in space'... the temple. However, he longs to find a place to reside in time as well, thus he set aside the Sabbath. I wanted to expand on this idea a bit. Ever since I was young I wondered "Why did G-d need to rest?" Was he not all powerful? Why would he need a rest? Sure, I heard all the excuses/explanations the teachers had to offer, but I was never satisfied. It never made senst to me. Until... One day I was reading through Isaiah. I cam across a passage... Isaiah 66 Quote:
HaShem asks, "Where will my resting place be?" In "one who's spirit is contrite"!!!! He longs to make/find his rest in US! He will find rest... or find his shabbat... in those who are contrite in spirit and humble. Later I found this passage over in Isaia 57:15 Quote:
Shalom, Yafet.
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