The Kabbalah of Shabbat

Imagine that you are living your life on the rim of a spinning wheel. Round and round it turns, faster and faster

G-d is the prototype modern artist; the universe is His gallery, and on Shabbat it is open to the public...

Why did the Creator have to speak in order to create? Wouldn't it be so much more wonderful if we were all just a thought?

If G-d is the source of all blessings, why work to earn a livelihood?

Contrary to common perception, time does not stop when we rest: it flows inward

To observe the Shabbat is to make a statement about G-d's world; and making a statement about the world is a greater feat than making the world

What is "work"? If life is synonymous with creativity, is Shabbat a time outside life? What is the deeper significance of the curious Talmudic phrase, "forty labors minus one"?

The manna is to Jewish history what Shabbat is to the workday week: a precedent

"Differentiation" is a double paradox -- and the essence of holiness

Prior to the birth of my oldest child, I actually found myself looking forward to this rite of parenthood, waiting to be introduced to diaper changing. At first it was not bad; not much of a challenge. More recently, however, as my son approaches his second birthday, the stench emanating from his diaper is unreal