Abraham Joshua Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschelwas a Polish-born American rabbi and one of the leading Jewish theologians and Jewish philosophers of the 20th century. Heschel, a professor of Jewish mysticism at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, authored a number of widely read books on Jewish philosophy and was active in the American Civil Rights movement...
NationalityPolish
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth11 January 1907
CountryPoland
ineffable company
To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
answers want answering-questions
It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
prayer issues
The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
forgery
Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
real men knowing
Normal consciousness is a state of stupor, in which the sensibility to the wholly real and responsiveness to the stimuli of the spirit are reduced. The mystics, knowing that man is involved in a hidden history of the cosmos, endeavor to awake from the drowsiness and apathy and to regain the state of wakefulness for their enchanted souls.
men messages messengers
Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
world praying
When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
wise self criticism
Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
moments existence presence-of-god
The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
meaningful life-is ends
Life is not meaningful...unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.
real mean voice
To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
taken thinking space
Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression "being points beyond itself" may be taken to denote a higher point in space. What is meant, however, is a higher category than being: the power of maintaining being.
heart thinking holy
Faith opens our hearts for the entrance of the holy. It is almost as though God were thinking for us.
prayer self consciousness
In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender