I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you.
English of Core Text: Whoever does not engage in procreation causes the Shechinah to depart from Israel, as it is said “to be God to you and to your offspring after you” — when your offspring are after you, the Shechinah rests.
On the daf / in context: The covenant formula that binds God to the descendants is read as requiring the existence of those descendants.
Type of Learning
Custom
What Is Learned
The presence of the Shechinah among Israel is conditioned on continuity of offspring.