Chasidut for Pesachim 136:9
וא"ר יוחנן ושניהם מקרא אחד דרשו כתוב אחד אומר (דברים טז, ח) עצרת לה' אלהיך וכתוב אחד אומר (במדבר כט, לה) עצרת תהיה לכם ר' אליעזר סבר או כולו לה' או כולו לכם ור' יהושע סבר חלקהו חציו לה' וחציו לכם:
R. Ashi said: Yet according to R. Eliezer too, who maintained that [rejoicing on] a Festival is [merely] voluntary, he can be refuted: if a Festival, when labour for a voluntary [requirement] is permitted, yet the shebuth which accompanies it is not permitted; then the Sabbath, whereon only labour [required for the carrying out of] a precept is permitted, is it not logical that the shebuth which accompanies it is not permitted!<br>
Kedushat Levi
Exodus 35,2. “but as far as the seventh day is concerned, it shall be holy for you;” it is to be understood as similar to what the sages said (Pessachim 68) concerning the festival days, which they view as חציו לה' וחציו לכם, “half for G-d and half for you.” On the Sabbath, even the לכם (“for you”) is for G-d. “...it shall be holy for you,” the for you is to be made holy.
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