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The true purpose of Shabbat

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In Parshat Yitro, we read the Ten Commandments.

I would like to focus on the fourth commandment (Shmot 20:8-11) which teaches about Shabbat:

Remember the Shabbat day to sanctify it. You may work six days, and do all your work. But the seventh day is Shabbat to HaShem, your God. You must not do any manner of work- you, your son, your daughter, your slave, your maid, your animal, and the foreigner within your gates. For........

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