Isaías 22:14 Cabalá: Sha'arei Kedusha & Reshit Chokhmah

Furthermore, in regard to all other sins, a minor is not punished, however, in the case of the rebellious son, if he steals and eats a tartimer of meat and a half log of wine, he is stoned to death.⁴⁷⁴Talmud Bavli, Sanhedrin 70a; Rashi to Deuteronomy 21:18 Our sages, of blessed memory, stated,⁴⁷⁵Talmud Bavli, Taanit 11a “The wicked are accustomed to eat meat and drink wine, saying,⁴⁷⁶Isaiah 56:12 ‘Come, I will fetch wine and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be like today etc.’” However, about this it is written,⁴⁷⁷Isaiah 22:14 – The prior verse states, “Yet behold! There is joy and gladness, slaying of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating meat and drinking wine, [saying,] ‘Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.’ “Until the day of your death you will not be atoned of this sin.” Eliyahu, who is remembered for good, said to Rabbi Yehudah,⁴⁷⁸Talmud Bavli, Brachot 29b “Do not get drunk and you will not sin.”

Causing a desecration of the Name of HaShem-יהו״ה, blessed is He, is worse than all sins.⁶⁴²Leviticus 22:32; Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Yesodei HaTorah, Ch. 5 Our sages, of blessed memory, stated in regard to the matter of the four categories of atonement,⁶⁴³Talmud Bavli, Yoma 86a “One who has caused a desecration of the Name of HaShem-יהו״ה, his repentance has no power to suspend punishment, nor does Yom Kippur atone for his sin, nor does suffering have the power to absolve him. Rather, it is only by his death that he will be cleansed, as written,⁶⁴⁴Isaiah 22:14 ‘This sin will never be atoned for you until you die.’”

About the matter of desecrating the Name of HaShem-יהו״ה, our sages, of blessed memory, stated,⁷⁴⁹Talmud Bavli, Yoma 87a - “His repentance does not have the power to suspend his judgment, nor does the day of Yom Kippur have the power to atone for his sin, nor does suffering alone have the power to absolve him. Rather, all these suspend punishment and death absolves him, as is written (Isaiah 22:14), ‘And HaShem Tzva’ot-יהו״ה צבאו״ת revealed Himself to my ears: This sin will never be atoned for you until you die.’” “To what extent does the desecration of the Name of HaShem-יהו״ה go? Rav said: For me, it would be if I would take meat from a butcher and not pay him immediately. Rabbi Yochanan said: For me, it would be if I would walk four cubits without the Torah and without wearing Tefillin due to bodily weakness, for those who would see me would not know that it is due to my weakness. They would learn from my behavior, causing a nullification of Torah study and the fulfillment of the mitzvah of Tefillin.⁷⁵⁰See Rashi to Yoma 87a ibid. Rabbi Yanai said: Anything that causes one’s friends to become embarrassed because of his reputation, this is a desecration of the Name of HaShem-יהו״ה. Abaye said: It is as taught about the verse,⁷⁵¹Deuteronomy 6:5 ‘And you shall love HaShem-יהו״ה your God,’ that the Name of Heaven should become beloved by your hand. This means that a person should read Torah, study Mishnah, serve and study from Torah scholars, conduct his business transactions faithfully and be pleasant with people. However, if he does all the above, except not conduct his business dealings in good faith, and does not speak pleasantly with others, the Name of Heaven is desecrated by his hand.”