Why do we need to be told that we should work for 6 years and the 7th is the sabbatical. Isn't it obvious that we need to work? We are being told that to appreciate the sabbatical year during the first 6 years of work we need to realize that our successes come from God. And to benefit from the sabbatical year we need to take the spiritual energy and let it flow into the coming 6 years after the sabbatical