קבלה אויף בראשית 2:24

Also regarding the punishment for not fulfilling it, it says in the Tikkunei Zohar regarding the delight of Shabbat (24th Tikkun): 9. One needs to maintain ON SHABBAT a delight, FOR BY THE DELIGHT ONE HAS ON SHABBAT HE DRAWS THE ILLUMINATION OF YESOD UPON MALCHUT. FOR IT IS KNOWN THAT THE PLEASURE OF THE BODY IS BESTOWED FROM YESOD, the Righteous, who comes from Eden, Binah, THE SECRET OF the World to Come, to water the garden, the lower Shechinah, MALCHUT. The river is Vav, YESOD, that comes from Yud-Hei, CHOCHMAH AND BINAH. It flows five hundred years, which are the five Sfirot, EACH INCLUDING A HUNDRED, and reaches the Righteous, YESOD, to water from it the garden, which is Hei, MALCHUT, AS WRITTEN, “That is why a man,” ZEIR ANPIN, VAV, “leaves his father,” CHOCHMAH, YUD, “and his mother,” BINAH, FIRST HEI, “and cleaves to his wife,” MALCHUT, LAST HEI. (Beresheet 2:24).

This has all already been hinted in Sefer Yetzirah,¹⁶⁷Sefer Yetzirah 6:8; Also see Ginat Egoz of Rabbi Yosef Gikatilla, translated as HaShem Is One, Vol. 2 (The Letters of Creation, Part I), The Gate of the Motion of the Components, The Five that are Drawn from the Ten. “He formed a covenant with him between the ten fingers of his hands, which is the covenant of the mouth (Brit HaPeh-ברית הפה), and He formed a covenant with him between the ten toes of the feet, which is the covenant of circumcision (Brit Milah-ברית מילה). The whole matter is hinted in short in the words,¹⁶⁸Sefer Yetzirah 1:3 “The covenant of the tongue-Milat HaLashon-מילת הלשון, and the covenant of the skin-Milat HaMa’or-מילת המעור.”¹⁶⁹That is, the term circumcision-Milah-מילה also means “word” and both the covenant of the tongue and the covenant of the skin are referred to as “Milah-מילה.” In both cases, the issuance of words from the mouth and the issuance of seed, both bring forth progeny and revelation of the brain and mind, which is drawn forth by the Understanding-Binah-בינה. I shall explain with the verses,¹⁷⁰Hosea 14:10 “Who is wise-Chacham-חכם and will understand-Yaven-יבן these things; [who is] understanding-Navon-נבון and will know them-Yeda’em-ידעם.” That is, Understanding-Binah-בינה is positioned between wisdom-Chochmah-חכמה and knowledge-Da’at-דעת, and they unify to adhere to each other,¹⁷¹That is, it is the quality of Understanding-Binah that is positioned between the higher intellect of wisdom-Chochmah and the heartfelt emotions which are all included in Splendor-Tiferet, the essence of which is Knowledge-Da’at, as mentioned in the Fifth Gate. That is, Knowledge-Da’at-דעת refers to the matter of adhesion-Dveikut-דביקות, as in the verse (Genesis 4:1), “Adam knew-Yada-ידע his wife Chava and she conceived,” and as it states (Genesis 2:24), “Therefore shall a man… adhere-Davak-דבק to his wife so that they become as one flesh.” according to the secret of the verse,¹⁷²Exodus 31:3 “With wisdom-Chochmah-חכמה, understanding-Tevunah-תבונה, and knowledge-Da’at-דעת.” This has therefore all been hinted at, and is the secret of the bond between the upper Sefirot and the lower Sefirot.