Reply To: Vayakhel, Shabbos Being a Sign

There is another mashel for shabbos that is given. A baal habayis recognizes a shnorer, collector is recognized that he comes from his home town. He asks him about people well being. The collector tells him that he is wating his time from making money. The baal habayid tells him, tomorrow we will make a special holiday where you spend time with me and I will pay you everything you can make to being able to find out about my home town people. Being tired from the whole week’s work, the collector asks the host whether he has a bed to be able to lie down. He gets angry at him. saying. I am paying for the day and you want to sleep it away. Hashem pays us for the day to spend time with HIm and we sleep it away. People who work the whole week must learn and spend time with. Hashem rather than sleep but talmidei chachamim can sleep somewhat as paskened by the RMA in SA O’CH (290,2) from the Yerushalmi.