“There is no better point of entry to the religious experience than the Sabbath, for all its apparent ordinariness. Because of its ordinariness. The extraordinariness of the Sabbath lies in its being commonplace.” — 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 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
