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One  of the reasons that the Zohar is so vital to our times is because of the great light it sheds on the Brit as the spiritual channel through which Divine blessing is channeled to the nation of Yisrael. It is sometimes thought that when the word Brit appears in the Torah and the Tanach, it is referring to a general covenant between G-d and the Jewish People. The Zohar, however, makes clear that almost every reference to the Brit means guarding the sexual purity of Am Yisrael. We see this clearly with Yosef, who is called, Yosef HaTzaddik, because he overcame the temptations of Potifar’s wife.
Thus, the Zohar teaches:
Behold, all of the Jewish People have a portion in the World to Come, because they safeguard the Brit on which the world is established, as it says, “If not for My Brit day and night, I would not uphold the ordinances of heaven and earth,” (Yirmayahu, 33:25.) Thus Israel, who have accepted the Brit and preserve it, have a portion in the World to Come.
Furthermore, because of this they are called tzaddikim. We learn from this that whoever safeguards this Brit, which upholds the world, is called tzaddik (righteous one.) We learn this from Yosef. Because he guarded the Brit of the world, he merited to be called, “Yosef the Tzaddik.” And so it is that, “Thy people are all tzaddikim; they shall inherit the land forever.”
(Zohar, Bereshit 59b)
From the secrets of Torah found in the Zohar, we discover that the holiness of our sexual lives is the key to spiritual and material blessing, both for the individual, for the Nation of Israel, and for the world.
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