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Page 4 of 9 G-d desired a dwelling place within the physical existence.
Midrash Tanchuma, Naso 16
The Torah says: "I was the tool of G-d's artistry." An architect who builds a palace does not do so on his own: he has scrolls and notebooks which he consults how to place the rooms, where to set the doors. So it was with G-d: He looked into the Torah and created the world.
Midrash Rabbah, Bereishit 1:2
Said Moses: "Who can build Him a sanctuary?" Said G-d: "I ask not according to My capacity but according to their capacity."
Midrash Rabbah Bamidbar 12
When a person builds a house, he makes the windows narrow on the outside and wider within. But when King Solomon built the Holy Temple he made the windows narrow within and wide without, so that its light should emanate to the outside...
Midrash Rabbah Bamidbar 15
In the future era of Moshiach, if a person would go pick a fig on Shabbos, it will cry out: "Do not pick me! Today is Shabbat!"
Midrash Tehillim 73
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