God's Daughter

Another interpretation: Why did He bless it? Rabbi Berekhyah and Rabbi Dostai and Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachman. Rabbi Berekhyah and Rabbi Dostai say: Because it has no partner. The first day of the week has the second as its partner, the third the fourth, the fifth the sixth; but the Sabbath has no partner. Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachman said: Because it is not set aside. A festival may be set aside, the Day of Atonement may be set aside, but the Sabbath is not set aside. Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai taught: The Sabbath said before the Holy One, blessed be He: Master of the universe, all of them have a partner, but I have no partner. The Holy One, blessed be He, said to her: The Assembly of Israel is your partner. And when Israel stood before Mount Sinai, the Holy One, blessed be He, said to them: Remember the word that I said to the Sabbath, "The Assembly of Israel is your partner." This is the commandment: "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy" (Exodus 20:8).