When G-d created the universe, He did it in six 24-hour days. At the end of the sixth day,
everything was complete and tranquil and pristine and perfect and natural. No downtowns.
No cell phones. Environmentalist, Utopian Nirvana. That seventh day was the first Shabbat in history.

So in a way, Shabbat means retreating back to that
state of existence on a weekly basis, dropping the world for a dose of something different.
If Shabbat sounds like a vacation to you, you’re on the right track: it is—for the soul.

Shabbat is an affirmation that G-d exists and created all that we see and therefore there must be purpose and harmony,
Point A and Point B, to this universe. All week long, one might do whatever, but come Shabbat, he must declare,
“Life has Meaning!” in a most tangible, impactful way—by stopping all work. That’s the significance of the work prohibition.

History: We are commanded to observe Shabbat by the fourth commandment of the Ten Commandments and this is repeated throughout the Bible. In Deuteronomy 5:12-15, we are reminded of the Ten Commandments that Shabbat is a day of rest for masters and servants and as a day commemorating our release from bondage in Egypt. Exodus 31:16-17 states that "the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath throughout the generations for a perpetual covenant . . . for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He ceased from work and rested. The observance of Shabbat is predicated on two main ideas: the first is that God created the heavens and earth in six days and rested on the seventh. As a result, our observance of Shabbat recognizes God as the creator of all things. Second, Shabbat commemorates the exodus out of Egypt where we were slaves. God gave us the freedom from bondage and we became independent people. Shabbat is a way to reconfirm this freedom.

You can check some Shabbat items in our store.