Our rest on Sabbath is closely related to concept of freedom. Sabbath peace between man and himself a. makes us aware, easier to make peace with the strife that burns within us. The Sabbath reconciles, shows us how to enlist the desires of the body and turn them to noble ends, how to capture the evil urge and bring it under the realm of the holy, how to sanctify the common. Holiness does not mean removal from the world, but sanctification of the worldly. We are not required to become ascetics on the seventh day.
Passions are sanctified, evil urge is transformed and enlisted in the divine cause.
A creative pause. Devout prayer, soft laughter, happy faces, friendly talk, special clothing, special meals, celebration, families united in Sabbath peace. In the deepest sense, an inner harmony.