Repouso e férias
Deus criou o descanso como parte da vida. O sábado, o repouso e até as férias refletem a confiança de que Deus sustenta todas as coisas — mesmo quando paramos.
O descanso como ordenança
Deus descansou no sétimo dia e nos convidou a fazer o mesmo. O descanso sabático é um presente de Deus para restauração do corpo e da alma.
Therefore, there remains a Shabbos menuchah for the Am Hashem. For whoever has entered into the menuchah of Hashem has also rested from his ma’asim, just as Hashem rested from his.
If thou turn away thy regel on account of Shabbos,
from doing thy chefetz on My Yom Kodesh;
and call Shabbos an Oneg (Delight),
the Kedosh Hashem (Holy Day of Hashem), "honored";
and if thou shalt honor it, not doing thine darkhim
nor finding thine own chefetz, nor speaking [worldly] words:
Then shalt thou delight in Hashem;
and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of eretz,
and feed thee with the nachalat Ya’akov Avicha;
for the mouth of Hashem hath spoken.
Whether, therefore, you eat or you drink or whatever you do, do all things to the kavod (glory) of Hashem.
Sono e paz
Ditar-se em paz e dormir tranquilamente é bênção do Senhor. Quem confia nele dorme sem medo e acorda renovado.
Thou hast put simcha in my lev,
more than in the time that their dagan and their tirosh increased.
I cried unto Hashem with my voice,
and He heard me out of His Har Kodesh. Selah
It is vain for you to rise up early,
to sit up late,
to eat the lechem ha’atzavim (bread of toils);
for so He giveth his beloved sleep.
Thou shalt not be afraid of the pachad (terror) by lailah;
nor of the khetz (arrow) that flieth yomam (by day);
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid;
when thou liest down, thy sheynah (sleep) shall be sweet.
There is a grievous ra’ah which I have seen under the shemesh; osher (riches) hoarded by the ba’al thereof to his hurt;
Descanso e segurança
No repouso, encontramos segurança. Deus guarda os justos, e mesmo no silêncio da noite, sua paz nos protege e restaura.
And thou shalt be secure, because now there is tikveh;
yea, thou shalt search, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid;
yea, rabbim (many) shall court thy favor.
He shall enter into shalom;
they shall rest in their mishkevot (couches, i.e., tombs),
each one walking in his nekhochah (uprightness, integrity, honesty).