It was evening and it was morning. On the sixth day the heavens and the earth and all their hosts were completed. For by the seventh day God had completed the work which he had made, and God rested on the seventh day from all the work which he had made.
Then God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from the work which he had created to make.
Blessed are You, Eternal our God, Ruling Presence of the Universe, Creator of the fruit of the vine.
Blessed are You, Eternal our God, Ruling Presence of the Universe, who has sanctified us with commandments and finds favor in us; giving us the holy Sabbath as a heritage in love and favor, a remembrance of the creation, that day being also the first among all the holy occasions, a reminder of the Exodus from Egypt.
For You have chosen us and hallowed us above all nations to benefit from and to endure the burden of being a chosen people, to be different, giving us Your holy Sabbath as a heritage in love and favor and at times sorrow and intolerance from those who would not understand. We are grateful and pray thanks for our lives as Jews.
Blessed are You, Eternal One, who sanctifies the Sabbath.
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