"The
Holy One, Blessed be He, said, 'Also I, when I come to you, I will come
loaded with blessings and I will bless you. Where did He hint this to
them? At Sinai, as it is stated, 'An altar of earth shall you make for
Me... wherever I permit My Name to be mentioned I shall come to you and
bless you' (Shemot 20:21).
"And when He came to them He blessed them, as it is stated, 'May Hashem bless you and protect you' (Bemidbar 6:24). When? On the day the Mishkan was erected. 'It came to pass on the day Moshe finished erecting the Mishkan' (Bemidbar 7:1). Do not read 'finished' (כלות), instead read 'bride' (כלה): 'On the day the bride entered the wedding canopy (chuppah)'."
-- Midrash Tanchuma, Naso §26
Once the Mishkan was erected, the Shekhinah dwelt with all Israel. Similarly, when the bride enters underneath the chuppah, the Shekhinah dwells with the couple and bestows blessings upon them.
"And when He came to them He blessed them, as it is stated, 'May Hashem bless you and protect you' (Bemidbar 6:24). When? On the day the Mishkan was erected. 'It came to pass on the day Moshe finished erecting the Mishkan' (Bemidbar 7:1). Do not read 'finished' (כלות), instead read 'bride' (כלה): 'On the day the bride entered the wedding canopy (chuppah)'."
-- Midrash Tanchuma, Naso §26
Once the Mishkan was erected, the Shekhinah dwelt with all Israel. Similarly, when the bride enters underneath the chuppah, the Shekhinah dwells with the couple and bestows blessings upon them.
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