Isaías 52:6 Cabalá: Sha'arei Kedusha

Shabbat is known to be equal to all of the mitzvot.⁶⁴⁷Midrash Shemot Rabba 25:12 Even the wicked are granted respite on Shabbat and the fires of purgatory (Gehinnom) are dimmed for them. However, when it comes to those who transgress Shabbat, their fires are not dimmed even on Shabbat.⁶⁴⁸Tikkunei Zohar, Tikkun 24, 69b Our sages, of blessed memory, stated,⁶⁴⁹Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 118b; Also see Shemot Rabba 25:12 ibid. “If only the Jewish people would keep two [consecutive] Shabbats in accordance with the Halachah-Torah law, they would be immediately redeemed.” Our sages, of blessed memory, also stated,⁶⁵⁰Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 118b ibid.; Also see Tzava’at HaRivash translated as The Way of The Baal Shem Tov, Section 18. “Anyone who observes Shabbat in accordance with its laws, even if he is an idolater like the generation of Enosh, he is forgiven, as it states,⁶⁵¹Isaiah 52:6 ‘Praiseworthy is the man (Enosh-אנוש) who does this and the person who grasps it tightly, who guards the Shabbat against desecration (Meichalelo-מחללו).’ Do not read it ‘against desecration (Meichalelo-מחללו),’ but rather, ‘he is forgiven (Machul Lo-מחול לו).’” It likewise is written,⁶⁵²Isaiah 58:13 “If you restrain your foot because it is the Shabbat, refrain from accomplishing your own desires on My holy day; If you proclaim the Shabbat ‘a delight,’ and the holy [day] of HaShem-יהו״ה ‘honored,’ and you honor it by not engaging in your own affairs, from seeking your own needs or discussing the forbidden – then you will delight in HaShem-יהו״ה, and I will mount you astride the heights of the world; I will provide you the heritage of your forefather Yaakov, for the mouth of HaShem-יהו״ה has spoken.”