Regularly Enjoy the Outdoors - Connecting to Genesis

The Creator’s rest on the seventh day is recalled multiple times in Shabbat services. Perhaps the “six days of creation” story is in the Torah to show that taking rest each week is a built-in part of the world, as natural as sun, plants, and animals. Our present world seems to worship speed. People inspired to do good work suffer frequent burnout. Going outside to soak up the perfection of nature allows us to take a breath of rest and say “Ki Tov” (it is good).

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Ellen Bernstein, The Splendor of Creation, p. 122-135

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