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Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel famously taught in his book <\/span>The Shabbat: Its Meaning for Modern Man<\/span><\/em> (1951) that \u201cJudaism is a religion of time aiming at the sanctification of time\u201d and that \u201cSabbaths are our great cathedrals\u201d (8).<\/span><\/p>\n

Heschel points out that in Genesis, the seventh day (Shabbat) was the first part of creation to be sanctified. When speaking of sanctification, time seems to have priority over space in Judaism.<\/span><\/p>\n

In our chapter, we see a close integration between the sanctification of space and time. Verse 1 states \u201cThus said the Lord God: The gate of the inner court which faces east shall be closed on the six working days; it shall be opened on the sabbath day and it shall be opened on the day of the new moon.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The inner court has been set aside as sacred space. The gate allowing access to it will only be open during specific sacred times. Here we see that the sanctification of time can determine the layout of space. Sacred space and sacred time are not in opposition to one another, but complimentary.<\/span><\/p>\n

Given the new realities of life during the Covid-19 crisis, I have found myself thinking a lot lately about understanding and creating boundaries of space and time. Like most people I know, I have been forced to spend much more time at home than usual.<\/span><\/p>\n

I live in NYC, renting a relatively large room in an uptown brownstone. This room currently functions as my bedroom, home office, living room, dining room, storage area, yoga studio, and prayer space. I often shift furniture around during the day to create a space more suitable to whichever task I am working on in that moment.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have also had to create a more structured work-from-home schedule. I have celebrated every Shabbat in this same room since Purim, as well as Passover and Shavuot. Counting the Omer has overlapped with self-isolating.<\/span><\/p>\n

Through all of this, I have come to see that the boundaries of time and space are interconnected. The layout of my room drastically changes depending upon the time of day and day of the week. I find myself tidying my room even more carefully than usual before Shabbat so that there are fewer visual distractions as I welcome and celebrate Shabbat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Like the gate of the inner court of the Temple, sacred time changes the layout of my space. 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