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Shabbat is a day that contains all other days and all of time. The seventh day represents a unification of all six days. The entirety of work done during the previous six days can now be uplifted and reconnected to Hashem, thus enabling it to be blessed and filled with holiness.
Everything in creation was completed and perfected by Hashem aside from the design of man. Hashem left man incomplete so that he could continue to develop. When we cease to create on Shabbat, we emulate Hashem by accepting upon ourselves that we have a mission to fulfill. However, it will continue to progress only through the blessing of Hashem.
On Shabbat, we step away from our life and look at it from on high. We see ourselves not only in the physical realm, rather as a physical being attached to a spiritual neshama. Each day of the six day workweek can be viewed as a separate point in time. However, on Shabbat, all of existence is unified and seen as whole.
When the Jewish people accepted upon themselves the observance of the Torah, among the dictates was the commandment to keep Shabbat. A brit olam, a worldly commitment, was signed by both us and the Borei Olam. Shabbat is the founding principle upon which we cultivate a lasting and meaningful relationship with our creator. If c”v Shabbat is desecrated, the result is a weakening in that bond to the Borei Olam.
The greatest power of Shabbat is in its ability to help us cleave to Hashem in a way that cannot be achieved during the workweek. This closeness endows us to steer away from transgression by boosting our yirat Shamayim and lighting our darkest pathways.
