Possuk in Tehilim: (126:4) שׁוּבָה ה׳ אֶת־שְׁׂ בִ יתֵ נוּ כַאֲפִ יקִ ים בַנֶּגֶב “Return, HaShem, our captivity like rivulets in arid land”.
Captivity” which is a transitive verb מט and accordingly we can explain when the Possuk states: וְשוּבוּ אֶל הַׁוַׁיָ׳ it means that it effectuates the concept of ‘return’ within the name of ‘Havaye’ itself, that the name of ‘Havaye’ itself ascends upwards from level to level.
We can even posit that the fact that there is a possibility of קְחוּ עִמָכֶם דְבָרִים “Taking words with yourselves” in accordance with the Pirush that it is referring to ‘periodic additional offerings’ is specifically because of the descent which came about because “you have stumbled in your iniquity” [and this] because the descent is for the benefit of an ascent.
To explain; Our Sages of Blessed memory have said that someone who is going through the desert and loses track of time and does not know when Shabbos is, shall count six days and sanctify the seventh day.
Using this as a metaphor for one’s Avodah we can say that when a person is in a situation which can be categorised as walking in a desert as the Possuk states בְמִדְבָר הָעַׁמִים “In the desert of the nations” to the extent that he forgets which day he is, where ‘day’ symbolises light as the Possuk states וַׁיִקְרָא אֱלֹקִים לָאוֹר יוֹם “And HaShem called the light day” and forgetting the day would mean the lack of light; in such a case it is said that a Jew has the ability to count six days and to sanctify the seventh day, that even in this situation he can draw down the lofty lights of Shabbos.
Furthermore, the Halocho is that even on his six weekdays he is forbidden from doing anything which is forbidden on Shabbos, and on each day, he is only permitted to do what little he needs to do in order to survive for that one day.
So, the six weekdays of a person lost in the desert emerge to be more exalted than Yom Tov days. This is because on Yom Tov one is Biblically completely permitted to carry out tasks which involve the preparation of food, whereas on his weekdays in the desert he can only prepare for what he needs to sustain himself for that very day. From here we see that specifically because of his incredible descent into the desert does he have the impetus to draw down such a lofty holiness even into his workdays.
