Bereishit — The First Shabbat
בראשית ב׳:א׳-ג׳
Genesis 2:1-3
God rests on the seventh day and sanctifies it, establishing Shabbat as a day of divine cessation and holiness built into the very fabric of creation — suggesting that rest and sanctity are ontologically woven into time itself.
וַיְכַ֤ל אֱלֹהִים֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה וַיִּשְׁבֹּת֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מִכׇּל־מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָֽׂה׃ וַיְבָ֤רֶךְ אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶת־י֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י וַיְקַדֵּ֖שׁ אֹת֑וֹ כִּ֣י ב֤וֹ שָׁבַת֙ מִכׇּל־מְלַאכְתּ֔וֹ אֲשֶׁר־בָּרָ֥א אֱלֹהִ֖ים לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ {פ}
On the seventh day God finished the work that had been undertaken, ceasing on the seventh day from doing any of the work. And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy—having ceased on it from all the work of creation that God had done.
See also
- Exodus 20:7unverifiedFiled under: The Mitzvah of Kiddush
- Berakhot 20bunverifiedFiled under: The Mitzvah of Kiddush
- Pesachim 106aunverifiedFiled under: The Mitzvah of Kiddush