Sacred Time

Through Oppenheim's paintings of a Bar Mitzvah celebration and the lighting of Shabbat candles, Rabbi Soloveichik explores how Judaism treats time as a sacred responsibility. A grandfather's watch, a flickering candle—these symbols point to a tradition that measures life not by length, but by meaning. Drawing on insights from Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and a young Zionist hero, Rabbi Soloveichik contrasts despair over life's brevity with Judaism's insistence on sanctifying every moment. Time is life—and what we do with it is everything.