Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent m…

Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one's actions. ✨ Abraham Joshua Heschel (1965). Who is Man?, p.117, Stanford University Press
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