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MIDRASH.The Shekhina Didn't Come Down (Copy)

וְתַנְיָא רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר:

מֵעוֹלָם לֹא יָרְדָה שְׁכִינָה לְמַטָּה

וְלֹא עָלוּ מֹשֶׁה וְאֵלִיָּהוּ לַמָּרוֹם

שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר

הַשָּׁמַיִם שָׁמַיִם לַה׳ וְהָאָרֶץ נָתַן לִבְנֵי אָדָם.

It is taught in a baraita that Rabbi Yosei says:

The Divine Presence never actually descended below,

and Moses and Elijah never actually ascended to heaven on high,

as it is stated:

“The heavens are the heavens of the Lord, and the earth He gave to the children of man” (Psalms 115:16).