The Alshich described how special it was when the משכן was completed in the desert. This took place on the first of Nissan, almost a year after the exodus.

The Mishkan symbolized that the sin of the Golden Calf was forgiven. The Divine Presence would rest on this portable Beit Hamikdash, and the entire nation would feel a special closeness to Hashem.

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