Lee Diamond – Location Location and Location
AJ Heschel declared time to be holier than space
In fact Shabbat was the celebration of time.
The concept is brilliant
But it reflects mostly the spiritual essence of Judaism
Whenever my insensitivities emerge and I feel drawn to the world of SPACE, of everyday,
Heschel re- inpires!
But there IS a world of space
Which is awesome
And which needs to be understood in our quest
For appreciation of Holy time
Space in Judaism is deeply significant
Abraham & Sara encountered space
As did their progeny
Moriah was space
Paganism was space
The desert and the golden calf were space
Sinai was space
And at the end of this initial journey
They entered permanent space
Israel–(wrestling with God—Space)
The struggle was to infuse space with the holy,
With kadosh, kadosh kadosh
To fill all of the land and life
With Holiness; with kedusha .
To infuse every day, every inch of soil with Holiness
With a sense of time
Is the struggle of Jews with God
Tzion is space and
Tzion Tzion Tzion
Is location, location and location
Israel must be as holy as Shabbat
As holy as Yom Kippur
Israel is where time and space meet.
Some view Israel as the land of the Jews
But Israel is
Holy Location
Time and space united
Eternity must be the land
Upon which the Jew lives
In Eretz ha Kodesh .
Not at a holy wall
But in the holy time and Space
Of the Jew in Israel
“Ki mitzyon tetzei Torah
Udvar ha Hashem mi Yerushalayim”
