Some of us are so absorbed in our work during the six days of the workweek that it seems as if we have become slaves to it. Even on the Sabbath – the weekly “seventh year,” on which we are supposed to “go free” – it is hard to free ourselves from the grip in which our work holds us.
The Torah teaches us that this is not the right way to live. We were created to serve G‑d: to study His Torah and to fulfill His commandments. Since G‑d created us for this purpose, He has surely provided us with the ability to fulfill it. Even when we work during the week, we must not consider ourselves enslaved to our work; rather, we should work in order to use the fruits of our labors for holy purposes. And on the Sabbath, we should rise completely above any association with our mundane lives.
By thus liberating ourselves from our personal enslavement, we hasten the general Redemption, when the whole world will be free to pursue spirituality and Divinity unhindered.1
I concur with this teaching one hundred percent! I want to honor Adonai by keeping the Sabbath, however, how does one do this, considering that all work places now demand working class people to work on the weekends!