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The Primary Purpose Of Prayer Is Not To Make Requests. The Primary Purpose Is To Praise, To Sing, To Chant. Because The Essence Of Prayer Is A Song, And Man Cannot Live Without A Song. Prayer May Not Save Us. But Prayer May Make Us Worthy Of Being Saved.

New Insight Begins When Satisfaction Comes To An End, When All That Has Been Seen, Said, Or Done Looks Like A Distortion. ... Man's True Fulfillment Depends On Communion With That Which Transcends Him.

There Are No Two Hours Alike. Every Hour Is Unique And The Only One Given At The Moment, Exclusive And Endlessly Precious. Judaism Teaches Us To Be Attached To Holiness In Time; To Learn How To Consecrate Sanctuaries That Emerge From The Magnificent Stream Of A Year.

People Of Our Time Are Losing The Power Of Celebration. Instead Of Celebrating We Seek To Be Amused Or Entertained. Celebration Is An Active State, An Act Of Expressing Reverence Or Appreciation. To Be Entertained Is A Passive State--it Is To Receive Pleasure Afforded By An Amusing Act Or A Spectacle.... Celebration Is A Confrontation, Giving Attention To The Transcendent Meaning Of One's Actions. Source: The Wisdom Of Heschel

The Time For The Kingdom May Be Far Off, But The Task Is Plain: To Retain Our Share In God In Spite Of Peril And Contempt. There Is A War To Wage Against The Vulgar, The Glorification Of The Absurd, A War That Is Incessant, Universal. Loyal To The Presence Of The Ultimate In The Common, We May Be Able To Make It Clear That Man Is More Than Man, That In Doing The Finite He May Perceive The Infinite .