As we have explained, it was important for us to correspond the commandments to the sefirot in such a way that it would cover both coveting possessions and coveting one’s wife. We already saw above (with regard to beauty and adultery) that one’s wife is called one’s home. Thus, coveting your neighbor’s home is akin to coveting his wife. However, here the stress is on the physical dimension of life and one’s home is the foundation of one’s physical attachment and ability to live life in this world. What the Torah is telling us is that coveting stems from a sense that the owner of the object coveted is not entitled to it in this world; coveting uproots the foundation of other people’s existence.
Of course, the ultimate and worst type of coveting is when one covets another person’s wife, his figurative home.
