The Midrash "I will be an Amon" (Bereishis Rabbah 1:1) states: "Just as a builder first has plans, so too HaShem looked at the Torah and created the world." It is clear that HaShem could have created the world without the Torah, but the entire creation is for the benefit of the created beings. Therefore, the creation was done in such a way that man can learn the service of HaShem from everything. This is the meaning of "He looked in the Torah and created the world" – that in everything in creation, there is an aspect of the Torah from which we can learn behavior or a secret. The Torah boasts so that man will know that the main purpose of everything is the Torah, for the entire creation was made according to the Torah, proving that it is the primary good for mankind.

Rashi (Bereishis 2:2) explains that the world was lacking rest, and when Shabbos came, there was rest. However, the concept of effort is not applicable to Hashem. During the six days of creation, the existence of the world was sustained by Hashem's energy through His expressions of creation. On Shabbos, the creation was made to exist without the constant revelation of Hashem, as the world cannot handle continuous divine revelation. Shabbos connects nature to what is above nature, making it the completion and perfection of creation, called שלום (peace). Even though the days before Shabbos may seem more significant, Shabbos completes and sustains them. The Midrash (Bereishis Rabbah 10:9) compares Shabbos to a signet on a ring, signifying that "the world and all that is in it is Hashem’s." Bnei Yisrael testify on Shabbos that Hashem created the world in six days and rested on the seventh, showing that Hashem is the purpose of creation. Shabbos unifies everything in creation, revealing Hashem’s glory, and it is this oneness that sustains the world. The phrase ויכלו, related to כלל (inclusion), means that on Shabbos, everything is included in the כלל (the whole), and Hashem’s observation of creation as "very good" applies to this unified state. This inclusion in the כלל of Shabbos gives creation its existence. Therefore, every Jew must integrate into כלל ישראל on Shabbos. The Zohar (1:47:2) explains that Hashem completed His work through Shabbos, making it the culmination and perfection of creation.

The praise in the creation of the heavens and the earth, as it says, "See who created these," is the wonder of how HaShem's energy can spread into physical things. This is the meaning of the word "creation" (בריאה): to reveal and spread from something internal to the external part of the world.