What is the first reason we are given for keeping Shabbat?

According to the text below what is the reason for Shabbos?

"Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is Shabbos for Hashem: you shall not do any work... For in six days Hashem made heaven and earth and sea - and all that is in them - ⁠and then rested on the seventh day; therefore, Hashem blessed the Shabbos day and sanctified it."

According to the text below what is the reason for Shabbos?

"and has given us, in love and goodwill, His holy Shabbos as a heritage, in remembrance of the work of Creation;"

According to the text below what is the reason for Shabbos?

"In order to instill within our souls faithfulness to the [concept of the] universe's creation, which is [a concept that affects many fundamental principles in Judaism] And we remember once a week, every week, that the universe was created in six distinct days, and that nothing was created on the seventh day."

How does keeping Shabbos testify to Hashem's creation of the world?

According to the text below what is the reason for Shabbos?

"Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Shabbos for Hashem; you shall not do any work - you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your ox or your donkey, or any of your cattle, or the stranger in your settlements, so that your male and female slave may rest as you do. Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and your Hashem freed you from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore, your Hashem has commanded you to observe the Shabbos day."

According to the text below what is the reason for Shabbos?

"...the first of the holy festivals, commemorating the Exodus from Egypt."

According to the text below what is the reason for Shabbos?

"And in addition to remembering the universe's creation, there is in Shabbos also a reminder of the miracle of [the Exodus from] Egypt - that we were slaves there and we were not able to rest whenever we desired to rest, and Hashem saved us from their hands and commanded us to rest on the seventh day Shabbos."

Based on these three sources above, what is the reason for Shabbos?

According to the text below, how is a free person different from a slave?

"When the children of Israel were slaves in Egypt they could not rest. They were freed during the Exodus. Therefore, we rest on the Shabbos as free people."

According to the text below, how is a free person different from a slave?

"Slaves can only think of themselves, of day-to-day survival. A truly free people care for themselves and for their environment... Considering the needs of those around us expresses that we are no longer slaves. Therefore, when we and those around us rest on the Shabbos - we are reminded of the Exodus and the fact that we are not slaves but free."

What are the two ways that keeping Shabbos reminds us of the Exodus (being freed from slavery in Egypt) [Look in your book in the yellow box at the bottom of page 13]