Compulsivity is what happens when our impulses and actions become one—when there is no discernment about what we should or should not act on. Compulsivity is looking at the news two hundred times a day, sending texts with every thought, and getting work done whenever and wherever we are. But the Sabbath puts an end to that emotional crisis of compulsivity by protecting us from being enslaved to our instincts and impulses.
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