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“The day of rest is not merely an end in itself, but also a means to the much larger goal of a better world. The sabbath is a system of laws and regulations that a person, or a community, takes upon themselves in order to improve their lives and strive towards a better future. When observers of a sabbath set limits and boundaries on what work is or is not permitted, what tools one might or might not use, they do so from a deep conviction that beautiful things are built within boundaries. The sabbath is, in the words of the philosopher Abraham Joshua Heschel, a palace in time.”

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