Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes about Sabbath

The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired.

Weekdays, Inspired, Sabbath

Abraham Joshua Heschel (2005). “The Sabbath”, p.34, Macmillan

The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living.

Weekdays, Sake, Sabbath

Abraham Joshua Heschel (2005). “The Sabbath”, p.26, Macmillan