Sabbath rest is more than mere abstention from physical work; and, therefore, must include worship and Scripture-reading.
Because man is endowed with Reason, he can subdue his impulses in the service of moral and religious ideals, and is born to bear rule over Nature.
Man must be a co-worker with God in making this earth a garden.
Not indolence but congenial work is man's Divinely allotted portion.
Divine punishment is at once followed by Divine pity.
To Israel's faithful hosts in the past, as to its loyal sons and daughters of the present, the Siddur has been the gate to communion with their Father in Heaven; and, at the same time, it has been a mighty spiritual bond that unites them to their scattered brethren the world over.