Shlomo and Moshe

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1. God's Presence in the Mikdash and the Mishkan

   Haftarot: Pekudei

   Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein

   There is an essential distinction between God's presence in the Mikdash and in the Mishkan. In the Mishkan no human intervention is necessary to promote the Shekhina, while in the Mikdash the Divine Presence is dependent on the actions of the nation. What is the reason behind this distinction? Does it stem from a different spiritual status? From a different divine leadership? Or perhaps from the approach of the present leadership (Moshe vs. Shlomo)?