שָׁמ֛֣וֹר אֶת־י֥וֹם֩ הַשַּׁבָּ֖֨ת לְקַדְּשׁ֑֜וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוְּךָ֖֣ ׀ יְהֹוָ֥֣ה אֱלֹהֶֽ֗יךָ׃ (יג) שֵׁ֤֣שֶׁת יָמִ֣ים֙ תַּֽעֲבֹ֔ד֮ וְעָשִׂ֖֣יתָ כׇּֿל־מְלַאכְתֶּֽךָ֒׃ (יד) וְי֨וֹם֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔֜י שַׁבָּ֖֣ת ׀ לַיהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑֗יךָ לֹ֣א תַעֲשֶׂ֣ה כׇל־מְלָאכָ֡ה אַתָּ֣ה וּבִנְךָֽ־וּבִתֶּ֣ךָ וְעַבְדְּךָֽ־וַ֠אֲמָתֶךָ וְשׁוֹרְךָ֨ וַחֲמֹֽרְךָ֜ וְכׇל־בְּהֶמְתֶּ֗ךָ וְגֵֽרְךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ לְמַ֗עַן יָנ֛וּחַ עַבְדְּךָ֥ וַאֲמָתְךָ֖ כָּמֽ֑וֹךָ׃ (טו) וְזָכַרְתָּ֗֞ כִּ֣י־עֶ֤֥בֶד הָיִ֣֙יתָ֙ ׀ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔֗יִם וַיֹּצִ֨אֲךָ֜֩ יְהֹוָ֤֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֤֙יךָ֙ מִשָּׁ֔ם֙ בְּיָ֥֤ד חֲזָקָ֖ה֙ וּבִזְרֹ֣עַ נְטוּיָ֑֔ה עַל־כֵּ֗ן צִוְּךָ֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת אֶת־י֥וֹם הַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ {ס} (
(12) Observe the sabbath day and keep it holy, as your God יהוה has commanded you. (13) Six days you shall labor and do all your work, (14) but the seventh day is a sabbath of your God יהוה; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your ox or your ass, or any of your cattle, or the stranger in your settlements, so that your male and female slave may rest as you do. (15) Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and your God יהוה freed you from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore your God יהוה has commanded you to observe the sabbath day. (
(8) Remember the sabbath day and keep it holy. (9) Six days you shall labor and do all your work, (10) but the seventh day is a sabbath of your God יהוה: you shall not do any work—you, your son or daughter, your male or female slave, or your cattle, or the stranger who is within your settlements. (11) For in six days יהוה made heaven and earth and sea—and all that is in them—and then rested on the seventh day; therefore יהוה blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it.
Jackson: for 6 days you wake up, you eat, you work and come back home and sleep. But on the 7th day it is different. You relax, you do things differently, you recline and you think about things you don't think during the work week.
Miya: G-d may not need to rest after the six days but knew that people would need to rest and have a break and focus on Him and what He did for us and what He created. That we need to take the time and remember what he did for us and to take the time to pray. G-d rested because He knew we needed rest and He was setting the example for us. He was the creator of life and we need to honor Him.
(ז) בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה'. אֱלהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעולָם בּורֵא פְּרִי הַגָּפֶן:
(ח) בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה' אֱלהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעולָם. אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְותָיו וְרָצָה בָנוּ. וְשַׁבַּת קָדְשׁו בְּאַהֲבָה וּבְרָצון הִנְחִילָנוּ. זִכָּרון לְמַעֲשֵׂה בְרֵאשִׁית. כִּי הוּא יום תְּחִלָּה לְמִקְרָאֵי קדֶשׁ זֵכֶר לִיצִיאַת מִצְרָיִם. כִּי בָנוּ בָחַרְתָּ וְאותָנוּ קִדַּשְׁתָּ מִכָּל הָעַמִּים וְשַׁבַּת קָדְשְׁךָ בְּאַהֲבָה וּבְרָצון הִנְחַלְתָּנוּ:
(ט) בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה'. מְקַדֵּשׁ הַשַּׁבָּת:
Blessed are you, Lord our G-d, Ruler of the Universe, who creates the fruit of the vine.
Blessed are you, Lord our God, Ruler of the Universe, how has sanctified us with his commandments and favored us, and given us in love and favor his holy Shabbat as an inheritance, as a remembrance of the act of creation. For this day is the beginning of all holy days, a remembrance of the Exodus from Egypt. For you have chosen us and you have blessed us from among all the nations. And you have bequeathed us your holy Shabbat in love and favor. Blessed are you, Lord, who sanctifies Shabbat.
From the Quran:
Allah said:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا نُودِيَ لِلصَّلَاةِ مِن يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ فَاسْعَوْا إِلَىٰ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَذَرُوا الْبَيْعَ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
O you who believe, when the prayer is announced on Friday, then proceed to the remembrance of Allah and leave trade. That is better for you, if you only knew.
Surat al-Jumu’ah 62:9
From "Shabbat in the Fourth Dimension:
BY D. THOMAS LANCASTERSABBATHMAR 24, 2020
In his book The Sabbath, Jewish philosopher Abraham Joshua Heschel writes about the Sabbath as a sanctuary in time. Just as there are holy places in the world that we might regard as sanctuaries in space, the Sabbath is a holy day, and it creates a sanctuary in time.
From Chabad.org:
Shabbat's Dual Nature
There are two accounts of the Ten Commandments, in Exodus 20 and in Deuteronomy 5. One of the main divergences in the two texts is in the Fourth Commandment, the Shabbat. The Rabbis taught that both texts were simultaneously pronounced, indicating a basic unity, or complementary nature.
In Exodus the reason for Shabbat is the fact that G‑d created the world in six days and rested on the seventh. In Deuteronomy Shabbat commemorates Egyptian slavery. In the first, "G‑d blessed the seventh day and hallowed it”; in the second, "G‑d commanded you to make the Shabbat day."
Shabbat is more than a breathing spell. "The seventh day is Shabbat, for G‑d"Shabbat has social and spiritual implications, elements that cannot be divorced. Every man needs a day of rest for his well-being, physical and emotional. Society must recognize certain rights of man and beast, assuring all some respite from their labors. Even (especially?) in this age of enlightenment and technology we must not underestimate the tangible benefits of Shabbat, surcease from the jangling tensions of work and so-called recreation. Many of us are no less slaves in a fairly literal sense than Pharaoh's were.
Adam: I feel unplugging from our devices on Shabbat is a good way of letting go of the week and starting the new week.
From Thetorah.org:
Rabbi [Yehudah haNasi] says: “‘things’ ‘the things’ ‘these are the things’ – these are the 39 forms of melacha” (b. Shabbat 97b).
Vayakhel (35:11-19)[14] Pekudei (29:33-41)
1. The Tabernacle They brought the Tabernacle to Moses
2. its tents with the tent
3. and its coverings and all its furnishings
4. its clasps its clasps
5. and its planks its planks
6. its bars its bars
7. its posts its posts
8. and its sockets and its sockets
9. the ark the covering of tanned ram skins
10. and its poles the covering of tachash skins
11. the cover and the curtain for the screen
12. and the curtain for the screen the Ark of the Pact
13. the table and its poles
14. and its poles and the cover
15. and all its utensils the table
16. and the bread of display and all its utensils
17. the lampstand for lighting and the bread of display
18. its furnishings the pure lampstand
19. and its lamps its lamps—lamps in due order
20. and the oil for lighting and all its fittings
21. the altar of incense and the oil for lighting
22. and its poles the altar of gold
23. the anointing oil the oil for anointing
24. and the aromatic incense the aromatic incense
25. and the entrance screen for the entrance and the screen for the entrance
of the Tabernacle of the Tent
26. the altar of burnt offering the copper altar
27. and its copper grating with its copper grating
28. its poles its poles
29. and all its furnishings and all its utensils
30. the laver the laver
31. and its stand and its stand
32. the hangings of the enclosure the hangings of the enclosure
33. its posts its posts
34. and its sockets and its sockets
35. and the screen for the gate the screen for the gate
of the enclosure of the enclosure
36. the pegs for the Tabernacle its cords
37. the pegs for the enclosure and its pegs
38. and their cords all the furnishings for the service of the
Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting
39. the service vestments for officiating the service vestments for officiating
in the sanctuary in the sanctuary
[which are:]
the sacral vestments the sacral vestments
of Aaron the priest of Aaron the priest
and the vestments of his sons and the vestments of his sons
for priestly service for priestly service
(ב) וַיְכֻלּוּ הַשּמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ וְכָל צְבָאָם: וַיְכַל אֱלהִים בַּיּום הַשּבִיעִי מְלַאכְתּו אֲשר עָשה. וַיִּשבּות בַּיּום הַשּבִיעִי מִכָּל מְלַאכְתּו אֲשר עָשה: וַיְבָרֶךְ אֱלהִים אֶת יום הַשּבִיעִי וַיְקַדֵּש אתו. כִּי בו שבַת מִכָּל מְלַאכְתּו אֲשר בָּרָא אֱלהִים לַעֲשות:
(2) And he completed the heavens and the earth and all their hosts. And God completed on the seventh day his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from the all his work which he had done. And God blessed the seventh day, and he sanctified it; for on it had God rested from all the work which he had created to do.