Judith Shulevitz

His attention, even if he's bored, I personally think being bored is a good thing for children to be. His attention is going to be on you. Oh my God, what a burden, right? That's terrible. Like, why do I have to entertain this child, you know, 24-7? Well, after a while, he will learn to entertain himself in a different way, in a way that isn't programmed to addict him to it.

His attention, even if he's bored, I personally think being bored is a good thing for children to be. His attention is going to be on you. Oh my God, what a burden, right? That's terrible. Like, why do I have to entertain this child, you know, 24-7? Well, after a while, he will learn to entertain himself in a different way, in a way that isn't programmed to addict him to it.

Maybe you'll spend a lot more time reading. Maybe they'll go to services and they'll come in contact with people who aren't like you, but have things to teach them. And you're doing it for the future. You're doing it to implant the seed that maybe they will forget when they go to college or get to high school and go to college and enter the workforce.

Maybe you'll spend a lot more time reading. Maybe they'll go to services and they'll come in contact with people who aren't like you, but have things to teach them. And you're doing it for the future. You're doing it to implant the seed that maybe they will forget when they go to college or get to high school and go to college and enter the workforce.

But when they have children, they'll do it too.

But when they have children, they'll do it too.

Well, I was going to recommend Heschel, but I am going to skip that because we've talked about it a lot.

Well, I was going to recommend Heschel, but I am going to skip that because we've talked about it a lot.

You should all check that out. Yeah, the Sabbath. I mean, you talked about him being a prophet. When I say that, I mean he had the language, he had the poetry to address people like you and me. Not, you know, the already observant, not the converted, but the people who need to hear what he has to say. So I would say that the first book I recommend is by George Eliot.

You should all check that out. Yeah, the Sabbath. I mean, you talked about him being a prophet. When I say that, I mean he had the language, he had the poetry to address people like you and me. Not, you know, the already observant, not the converted, but the people who need to hear what he has to say. So I would say that the first book I recommend is by George Eliot.

So that's The Gnome de Plume of Marianne Evans. And her most famous novel, you've probably heard of it, is Middlemarch. But her first novel was called Adam B. And it's from 1859. And it's an incredible novel with what we would now call a feminist plot. But it's also set in an English village in the turn of the 19th century, which is important because it's pre-industrial.

So that's The Gnome de Plume of Marianne Evans. And her most famous novel, you've probably heard of it, is Middlemarch. But her first novel was called Adam B. And it's from 1859. And it's an incredible novel with what we would now call a feminist plot. But it's also set in an English village in the turn of the 19th century, which is important because it's pre-industrial.

So she devotes an entire chapter to describing a pre-industrial Sabbath in a small English village. And it's just gorgeous. And you really get a sense of why people would do this. and what they did.

So she devotes an entire chapter to describing a pre-industrial Sabbath in a small English village. And it's just gorgeous. And you really get a sense of why people would do this. and what they did.

I want to say that I really think it's important to remember that the Christian Sabbath was numerically more people observed the Christian Sabbath than the Jewish Sabbath because there were more Christians in the world. Another thing that's really great about this book is almost everything that matters that happens in the book happens on Sunday. Because why?

I want to say that I really think it's important to remember that the Christian Sabbath was numerically more people observed the Christian Sabbath than the Jewish Sabbath because there were more Christians in the world. Another thing that's really great about this book is almost everything that matters that happens in the book happens on Sunday. Because why?

That's when life happens, you know, among people. So that's the first book. The second book I would recommend is called The Seven Day Circle, and it's by a sociologist who actually invented something I draw on heavily in my book called The Sociology of Time. His name is Eviatar Zerubbabel. He's American, though. He has an Israeli name. He did grow up in Israel, and he talks about

That's when life happens, you know, among people. So that's the first book. The second book I would recommend is called The Seven Day Circle, and it's by a sociologist who actually invented something I draw on heavily in my book called The Sociology of Time. His name is Eviatar Zerubbabel. He's American, though. He has an Israeli name. He did grow up in Israel, and he talks about

experiencing these pauses for Jewish holidays and for the Sabbath. And it's what led him to sociology of time. But the seven-day circle is the definitive history of the week. You know, Heschel talks about there being an architecture of time, but he doesn't really flesh that out because he's really writing poetry.

experiencing these pauses for Jewish holidays and for the Sabbath. And it's what led him to sociology of time. But the seven-day circle is the definitive history of the week. You know, Heschel talks about there being an architecture of time, but he doesn't really flesh that out because he's really writing poetry.