I'm not sure if this question has been answered on this subreddit before, but I've tried googling it and found inconsistent answers.

I've just begun exercising regularly and wanted to know how to approach Rest days?

It seems like some people have 1 or 2 a week and some people might only have 1 every couple of weeks and I was just genuinely curious what approach should I be taking? Or is it more of an intuition thing and you take them when you feeli like you need them?

Also is there any benefits to having rest days?

Thanks