"'And there was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.'

"So ends the work of creation; and with nightfall, a new world is about to begin. A world of holiness and tranquility. A world within a day, the seventh day. For on the seventh day, God rested, and God blessed the seventh day, and God sanctified it."

-Yarda Hashabbat (the Sabbath descends)

"My teacher used to say that all that's beautiful in this world was beautiful because it had limits, not in spite them. We see the beauty of the rainbow because we sense its disappearance. We see the beauty of the rose because tomorrow it will wilt and lose its petals. All beauty has an end in our eyes.

"Now, in the eyes of God, beauty is eternal. It has no end and no beginning; but for us this would not be possible. So God, with great compassion, sets light facing darkness, the ocean facing dry land, the earth facing the moon; and all is made beautiful by this setting, because all is made meaningful by it.

"The darkness lets go of endless secrets because the light shines through it, and the ocean finally reaches its shore because the earth is waiting there for it. All this exists within God's world, and comes and goes in God.

"But we can see the beauty of it only because there is a differentiation. Havdallah. And now the Sabbath is departed, and we are sad. And the Sabbath is made even holier because we are sad. And may the sadness we feel today illuminate our joy in the week to come."

-Havdallah (the "separation" between
the Sabbath and the rest of the week)

We've been enjoying Songs for the Sabbath as we rest and reflect on our heavenly Father's goodness to us. I just wanted to share the beginning and ending quotes from the CD.