Isaiah speaks woe over those who have no such space: “Woe to you who add house to house, and join field to field till no space is left and you live alone in the land” (Isa. 5:8). The lesson signifies something very clear: margin is good. And Sabbath provides it. Sabbath creates margin, space, openings, room for the foreigners among us who themselves need to be blessed by Sabbath rest.
