Divine ecology

Hi,

Bereishit 2:3: “Gd blessed the seventh day”

“Gd blessed its expenditures.

“Rabbi Levi said, in the name of Rabbi Yosi bar Chanina: Every day has losses, and the Torah mentions a berachah, and so the day does not lose anything [ultimately]. Birds and fish were created on the fifth; people slaughter birds and eat them, catch fish and eat them, but the Torah mentions a berachah and the day does not lose anything. People and animals were created on the sixth day; people slaughter animals and eat them, and people die, but the Torah mentions a berachah and the day does not lose anything. What is the purpose of the berachah for the seventh day? Rabbi Levi said in the name of Rabbi Chama bar Chanina: For the expenditures [that one does not emerge from the day lacking that which he spent for the day].”

(Bereishit Rabbah 11:3)

Have a great day,
Mordechai