Sleep Quote by Chaim Bentorah
““Rest (Shabbat) EXODUS 16:30: “SO THE people rested on the seventh day.” Rest—Hebrew: shabat—rest, to cease, be still, to interrupt, The word rest in this passage is vayishevethu. From the root word shabat which means to rest and to cease. We learn in Genesis 2:2 that God “rested” on the seventh day. I mean all that creating into being must have worn poor God out, surely God needed a rest; I know I would have. The English rendering for the word shabat as “rest” can be a little misleading. It is not to rest to regain your strength, it is to “cease” from your activity or to interrupt your normal activity to accomplish something. What are you to accomplish on the Sabbath? Used here in Exodus you have a sort of play the word yashev that means to dwell, or sit down. Shabot has a numerical value of 702. The word macoreth also””
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Chaim Bentorah
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