Chasidut for Yevamot 127:1

מלמד שאין השכינה שורה על פחות משני אלפים ושני רבבות מישראל הרי שהיו ישראל שני אלפים ושני רבבות חסר אחד וזה לא עסק בפריה ורביה לא נמצא זה גורם לשכינה שתסתלק מישראל

teaches that the Divine Presence does not rest on less than two thousand and two myriads of Israelites.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The pl. number, [H] (myriads) and [H] (thousands), having been used in both cases. The pl. signifies not less than two. ');">¹</span> Should the number of Israelites happen to be two thousand and two myriads less one, and any particular person has not engaged in the propagation of the race, does he not thereby cause the Divine Presence to depart From Israel! Abba Hanan said in the name of R. Eliezer: He deserves the penalty of death; for it is said, And they had no children,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. III, 4, referring to the deaths of Nadab and Abihu. ');">²</span> but if they had children they would not have died. Others say: He causes the Divine Presence to depart from Israel; for it is said, To be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. XVII, 7. ');">³</span>

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