And furthermore: the precept of (Is. 3:14)... the spoil of the poor is in your houses – this is the Shekhinah, for one who ‘steals prayer’, – which is charity for the Righteous-One, ‘the ḥaiy (life-force) of the worlds’, comprising 18∞ḥaiy blessings – is as if he stole His life, which is the Shekhinah, of whom it is stated: (Ecc. 9:9) See life with the woman you love.

And so also, one who detracts from the delight of the Sabbath, it is as if he stole His Shekhinah – who is the Sabbath, the only daughter, and this causes Her to be stolen from Him in exile. It is this that is written: (Is. 50:1)... and in your sins, your mother was sent away.