 Quoting the Jewish rabbi and scholar Jacob Neusner , Pope Benedict XVI explains that to Israel , keeping this commandment was more than ritual ; it was a way to imitate God , who rested on the seventh day after the creation . It also constituted the core of the social order . 
 Quoting the Jewish rabbi and scholar Jacob Neusner , Pope Benedict XVI <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>explains</mark></a> that to Israel , keeping this commandment was more than ritual ; it was a way to imitate God , <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>who</mark></a>rested on the seventh day after the creation . It also constituted the core of the social order . 
Quoting the Jewish rabbi and scholar Jacob Neusner , Pope Benedict XVI explain that to Israel , keeping dis commandment was more den ritual ; it was a way to imitate God , rested on the seventh day after da creation . It also constituted the core of the social order .