GEN872 Those who do not fulfill the
mitzvah of begetting children cause the
Shechinah [Divine Presence] to depart from Israel, as it is written: “To be a God to you and to your children after you” – When there are children after you, the
Shechinah rests upon them; but when there are not, upon what does it rest? Upon the trees and stones.
Yevamot 64a TEMIMAH-GEN 73
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