Ruth

“Zion is in ruins, Jerusalem lies in the dust. All week there is only hope of redemption. But when the Sabbath is entering the world, man is touched by a moment of actual redemption; as if for a moment the spirit of the Messiah moved over the face of the earth.”
― Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Sabbath

“The Jewish contribution to the idea of love is the conception of love of the Sabbath, the love of a day, of spirit in the form of time.”
― Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Sabbath

“We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.”
― Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man

“There is a word that is seldom said, a word for an emotion almost too deep to be expressed: the love of the Sabbath.”
― Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Sabbath