“The religious Jew is to study Torah for the sake of studying Torah. Torah lishmah. The ingenuity of the edict, I realized was that it relieved you of the obligation to be qualified. You studied because you had to study,… — Judith Shulevitz Copy Share Image
“There is no better point of entry to the religious experience than the Sabbath, for all its apparent ordinariness. Because of its ordinariness. The… — Judith Shulevitz Copy Share Image
“The Sabbath, I said, is not only an idea. It is also something you keep. With other people. You can’t just extract lessons from… — Judith Shulevitz Copy Share Image
“The religious Jew is to study Torah for the sake of studying Torah. Torah lishmah. The ingenuity of the edict, I realized was that… — Judith Shulevitz Copy Share Image
