The two commandments at the beginning of the parsha are:
Both Shabbat in the home and the synagogue as meeting place and our address for prayer – have sustained the Jewish People for millennia.
Synagogue services on the Sabbath add a third dimension. That is Torah study. By exercising our hearts, minds and souls through Shabbat and synagogue attendance we become more of the people God needs us to be in the world – for ourselves, our families and the Jewish People.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Bolton