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The Gaza conundrum.
March 21, 2019
The Sabbath Is an End in Itself, Not a Path to Inner Peace
What Lieberman saw that Heschel didn’t.
In his 2011 book The Gift of Rest, then-Senator Joseph Lieberman extolled the virtues of the Jewish Sabbath, focusing on its ability to give respite in the present age of ’round-the-clock work and technological interconnectedness. Contrasting the book with Abraham Joshua Heschel’s celebrated The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man, Shalom Carmy notes that Lieberman succeeds better at conveying some of the burdens of Sabbath observance—for instance, in relating how he once trudged four miles to the Capitol in torrential rain to cast his vote on a Friday night. Carmy nonetheless raises questions:
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The Sabbath Is an End in Itself, Not a Path to Inner Peace
What Lieberman saw that Heschel didn’t.