Red 4
A short story by one of the great classical Yiddish writers, describing a poor Jewish couple, their love for each other, and their experience of Shabbat.
Red 2
In this passage from a 1953 essay, the polymath Yeshayahu Leibowitz presents his understanding of keeping Shabbat as an act of accepting 'the yoke of the kingdom of heaven'.
Red 3
A few lines from Shabbat evening kiddush, connecting Shabbat both to the creation of the world and to the exodus from Egypt.
Orange 10
Written in 1989 by the artist and writer Pesach Slabosky, this passage describes the experience of time, and not working, as part of the task of an artist.
Red 5
A midrash describing God as the female Baker of humankind, connecting creation to shabbat challah.
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