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Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel’s well-known book The Sabbath was published in 1951. He describes Judaism as emphasizing the sanctity of events rather than that of physical objects, as well as tending to believe that things become holy when we choose to consecrate them.

Growing up, my rabbi taught us Heschel (who died before I was born). My rabbi…