In the sacred-secular tensions of modern Hebrew poetry, Zelda Mishkovsky's Shabbat verses stand apart, revealing how ritual time opens doorways to spiritual liberation. Drawing from her Orthodox Eastern European roots while speaking in a distinctively contemporary voice, Zelda transforms traditional Sabbath observance into a portal between mundane and transcendent existence. Through close textual analysis of five poems from her debut collection *Penai*, recurring motifs of flowers, birds, candles, and the sea emerge as bridges between material and spiritual planes. Her treatment of ritual objects—candlesticks and Kiddush cups—catalyzes metamorphosis from everyday consciousness into cosmic awareness. Yet beneath these transformative moments lie currents of doubt, questioning whether Shabbat truly manifests spiritual reality or merely offers temporary refuge from life's harshness. Despite this ambivalence, Zelda ultimately affirms the primacy of spiritual experience, positioning Shabbat not as escapist illusion but as a revelation of hidden holiness woven through temporal existence.