Zephyros
Got me, I don't know anything about this stuff either. And I don't know any Rabbis.
The particular accident happened when the light began to fill the fifth sephira of geburah (strength);
Sounds like it's Geburah's nature to break, it's chief power is disruption.
Aryeh Kaplan said:The concept of Chesed-Love is that of freely giving, while that of Gevurah-Strength is that of restraint. When it is said that Strength is restraint, it is the sense of the teaching "Who is strong, he who restrains his urge" (Avot 4:1). It is obvious that man can restrain his nature, but if man can do so, then God certainly can. God's nature, however, is only to do good, and therefore, when He restrains His nature, the result is evil. The Sefirah of Gevurah-Strength is therefore seen as the source of Evil.
I remembered reading a different view of Geburah in Aryeh Kaplan's commentary on the Bahir. After a lot of page turning I've found it. I think Kaplan is quoting from an older source here.
There may be no connection, but it's food for thought when you consider that Luria or one of his followers stated (somewhere?) that Geburah existed in the Ain Soph before the appearance of Kether. It is the notion that a God who is 'all good' restrians his nature in an act of Tzimtzum and creates a void in his own substance thereby creating a place for Evil.
I guess this is the sort of mental hoop jumping they had to go through back then to maintain the notion of an all good God.
Not surprised JHVH has Geburah as a companion before the creation of the Tree, I always have placed the 'socio/political' manifestation of that deity as in the Abyss between Geburah and Binah - he seemed very jealous and war like
You're removed from the Covenant. In all dealings with God, keep in mind that the Children of Israel agreed to the terms of their own free will, and although it might seem coerced, they did have a choice. The punishments are, then, simple outcomes of breaches of contract.