The Secret to Sabbath

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The secret to Sabbath is you'll never be done in time like and you'll never have it all done. Abraham Joshua Heschelon tells the story of a sky who's out on the Sabbath taking a walk presumably a short walk because you can't walk very far. He sees a fence that he hasn't mended during the week and makes a mental note to himself Well, it's not the sound it's the Sabbath so I'm not gonna mend it today But you know what I'm gonna come back and fix that part of the fence. The other last period of contemplation It won't all be finished and it's not finished Saturday night when I take sunday off And it's not

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