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The following is from Rav Dr. Shlomo Zalman Breuer's commentary of Parsha
Vayakhel pages 198 - 199 in his sefer Chochmo u'Mussar. <br><br>
<font size=3>The Shabbath rises in our midst as an eternal monument of
the<br>
Divine creation of the world, and demands, through. the cessation of<br>
creative work, the worshipful recognition of God as the Master of<br>
the world. <i>Anochi HaShem Elokecha</i>, God desires to be our God; God
demands<br>
the devotion, the subordination of the entire man, of the entire
human<br>
existence under His Will. God rules the world in accordance with<br>
His plan of wisdom .. God rules also over our human existence. With<br>
all that we strive for, possess and enjoy, we must further the
Divine<br>
Will in which we view life's solitary and loftiest goal. The
Shabbath<br>
is designed to educate us to the service of God: it wishes to keep<br>
alive our awareness that the world is Divine property, entrusted to<br>
us by God, to be administered only in His service. As it is true
that<br>
man's rulership over nature is manifested in every <i>Melacha</i>. in
every new<br>
shape and formation with which we imprint our will on nature, thus<br>
every recurring Shabbath demands: <i>lo sa'aseh kol melacha</i> - do not
put<br>
your hand to any creature or being in order to reconstruct or
reshape<br>
it according to your will; demonstrate thereby that the world is not<br>
yours, that you are not the master, but that God is the Creator and<br>
the sole, permanent Owner of His world, Who has called your life<br>
into His service. With the cessation of the <i>Lamed tes Melachos</i> we
renounce<br>
the rulership over the world and, as it were, return the world to
God<br>
in order to receive it ever anew from His Hand.<br><br>
If this Shabbath-proclamation is not to be a lie, then we must<br>
proclaim the Shabbath-truth during the days of the active week -<br>
from Sunday until Friday - which are occupied with the practical<br>
application of the <i>Lamed tes Melachos</i>.</font></body>
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