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Rabbi Heschel (second from right) marches
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The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man, written by the preeminent theologian, philospher and social activist Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972).
A professor of ethics and mysticism at New York’s Jewish Theological Seminary, Rabbi Heschel wrote some of the most enduring books on spirituality of the 20th century, among them The Sabbath, Man Is Not Alone, God in Search of Man
and The Prophets.
All of Heschel’s work is suffused with a search for a solution as to how modern man, confronted with a myriad of distractions, can regain a personal awareness of God. What is spirituality, and what is the basis for understanding and establishing our connection with God? Through the prism of the Sabbath, and its celebration of the sanctity of time, Heschel offers a vision to guide us in understanding spirituality and holiness in contemporary terms.
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