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Explain 2 reasons why the shekhinah is important in judaism

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Shekinah means 'God's divine presence'.

After God told Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt in search of the promised land (Israel), he also instructed him to build a tabernacle, a portable temple, which God would dwell within as they travelled. “It is a key belief in Judaism that God led the Jews out of Egypt.”
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