IT WAS NOT THE JEWS WHO PRESERVED SHABBAT, BUT SHABBAT THAT PRESERVED THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
(Ahad Ha’am)
A rabbik nemcsak megengedték a sábáti szexet, hanem szinte kötelezővé tették. úgy gondoltak a sábátra, hogy az az ember kiteljesítésének és nem frusztrálásának eszköze.
WHO IS THE TRULY WEALTHY PERSON WHO CAN TRULY ENJOY HIS WEALTH?
The one who knows he can exist without it.
On Shabbat we are not dependent on technology or the achievements of civilization; on Shabbat we refrain from any activity that shapes or alters the world.
(Abraham Joshua Heschel)
IT IS NO EXAGGERATION TO SAY THAT SHABBAT IS THE MOST PRECIOUS AND MOST VALUABLE CREATION OF JEWISH GENIUS. THE TRIUMPH OF THE SACRED OVER THE PROFANE, THE VICTORY OF SPIRIT OVER MATTER. SHABBAT HAS LIGHTENED THE SUFFERINGS OF LIFE AND THE BURDEN OF EXILE. IT IS NO COINCIDENCE THAT THE ENEMIES OF ISRAEL HAVE ALWAYS TRIED TO ABOLISH SHABBAT FIRST.
The rabbis not only permitted sexual relations on Shabbat, but made them almost obligatory. They saw Shabbat as a means of fulfilling the human being — not frustrating them.