The Significance of Aesthetics in Judaism
We appreciate our Jewish heritage for a long list of reasons. Among them are these:
1. It is ours, giving us a sense of identity.
2. It links us to our community, past, present, and future.
3. It spells out what is moral and motivates us to act morally.
4. It marks events in our lives, including the passing of each day and of the days of the week and year, and the life cycle events in our lives, thus giving a sense of differing meanings to those times.
5. It gives us a sense of God, that is, the transcendent aspect of human experience.
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