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The first and third lines are true.
The final one is only half true.
The concept of the Sabbath is not exactly a new idea.
That was invented by Ozzie Osborne in 1968.
The second one is also true.
Pre-industrial revolution, most people worked about half of days. A shit tonne during harvest season, and as needed at other times, averaging out to about one in every two days of the year. No specific fixed weekend needed.
You are saying that weeks would not end?