The Israelites, having miraculously escaped death at the hands of the Egyptian army, sang a beautiful song of praise and thanksgiving for their Divine rescue — Shirat HaYam. The song concludes with the national aspiration to be settled in the Land of Israel, experiencing God's Presence in the Temple on Mount Moriah:
"תְּבִאֵמוֹ וְתִטָּעֵמוֹ בְּהַר נַחֲלָתְךָ — מָכוֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ פָּעַלְתָּ ה'; מִקְּדָשׁ, אֲדֹנָי כּוֹנְנוּ יָדֶיךָ."
"Bring [the people] and plant them on the Mount You possess. To the place of Your dwelling that You prepared, God — the Temple, God, that Your hands have founded." (Ex. 15:17)
The Sages noted that the word Mikdash (Temple) is sandwiched in between God's Name. "Great is the Temple, since it was placed between two Divine Names" (Berachot 33a). What is the significance of this fact?
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