It is written "Remember the Sabbath day to sanctify it,"

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Bachodesh 8:20

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 11, 2025

It is written "Remember the Sabbath day to sanctify it," and, opposite it, "You shall not testify (falsely)," whereby Scripture apprises us that one who desecrates the Sabbath thereby testifies before Him who spoke and brought the world into being that He did not create His world in six days and did not rest on the seventh day, and that one who keeps the Sabbath thereby testifies before Him who spoke and brought the world into being that He created His world in six days and rested on the seventh day, as it is written (Isaiah 43:10) "You are My witnesses, says the L–rd … that I am He. Before Me no god was created and there will be none after Me."

Themes

Prophecy Shabbat Sabbath Creation Adam & Eve

Biblical References

Isaiah 43:10

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