Concerning Shabbat we say Lakodesh Hashem Michubad to the holy one of Hashem there should be honor. The Wolbe says a rule whenever you have kedusha with it comes kavod holiness needs respect. We say every day in our prayers קדוש קדוש קדוש השם Hashem is holy מלא כל הארץ כבודו the world is full of his honor wherever there is holiness there is honor. Why is that? Why must we honor the holiness? The commentaries explain based on a famous story with David Hamelech . David Hamelech was being chased by Shaul and he chanced upon Shaul sleeping alone in a cave and now it was David's chance if Shaul was truly his enemy to kill him. But David was not his enemy. So to show that Shaul was in his hands and yet David didn't do anything, he cut off a corner of his garment and later showed it to Shaul , say see I could have killed you if I wanted to, if I hated you I would have killed you then. Obviously he wasn't in front of him, he was waving it from afar. And the Gemara says because David Hamelech did not respect clothing, in his older years his clothing his clothing did not warm him because if we don't respect your clothing, it won't warm you. So when we have kedusha and want to tap into the kedusha , we must respect the kedusha and that way we'll benefit it. Shabbat is called mekor haberacha , Shabbat is a source of all blessing. If you want to get that blessing, you must respect the Shabbat which is a source of the blessing because if you don't respect it, it doesn't work. Another example they prove is from the following Gemara . The Gemara in Bava Metzia tells us a person should be careful with the respect of his wife because his wife brings the blessing into the home. Where do we see that from? Avraham Avinu was given gifts because of Sarah . So we see that Avraham got gifts because of Sarah . The woman brings blessing to the home and therefore Rava told his people respect your wives so that you'll become wealthy. And the questions asked if the lady is some type of amulet for success, Avraham got blessed because of Sarah , what do I have to respect her? Just have the amulet in my home and it'll bring blessing. And the answer as we just said: If you don't respect something, it doesn't work for you. And if you don't respect your wife, she won't bring you blessing. That is the principle. Respect something and it brings you blessing. Shabbat happens to be called a kallah , it's the bride. Respect the bride, she will bring you beracha . Respect the Shabbat , she will bring you beracha . And we'll give you one more example, this one's a little bit more complex. The Gemara in Sanhedrin says that somebody who says what do the rabbis do for me, he loses his portion in the olam haba . And the question is why is that such a terrible sin? He did everything right, one line like that he loses everything? Yisrael Salanter answers as follows. There's a Gemara in Masechet Berachot that says the whole world is given its sustenance in the merit of רב חנינא בן דוסא, a great tzadik of the time. He himself survived on very little. The rabbis tell us every generation has their people that in their merit the world is being sustained. Now a person lives their life, they do a lot of mitzvot , so you think okay I get to olam haba I have a lot of reward, but it's not so simple because your stay in this world costs. As Yisrael Salanter once said, this world is an expensive hotel. You had a great breakfast, you have a nice house, you have a nice family, it costs and maybe all of your mitzvot are being used to cover your costs and you'll come there empty handed. So what did God do? God gave us great tzadikim that in their merit the world is sustained. So therefore when I go to the grocery store, I take out my rabbi card and I swipe the rabbi card and I can save my money in my bank account for me later when I need in the next world. But now what happens if you get to the grocery store, you try to swipe the rabbi card and it doesn't work? Okay, I'll take out my own personal card. Why isn't the rabbi card working? Because you didn't respect the rabbi. If you don't respect it, it doesn't work for you. And therefore Yisrael Salanter says someone says what do rabbis do for me, means he doesn't respect them. You don't respect them, you can't benefit from them. You can't benefit from them, you gotta use your own savings account. Use your own savings account, it's gonna be on empty by the time you get to the world to come. So that's our principle, whether it's your clothing. Whether it's Shabbat , whether it's your wife, whether it's your rabbi. Respect it and it works. Don't respect it and it doesn't work. Let us all respect the Shabbat and our clothing and our wives and our rabbis and receive all the bracha that comes with it.