“…It says in Parshat Teruma – ‘Ve’asu li mikdash‘ – ‘make for me a mikdash‘, a sanctuary. The word mikdash comes from the word kodesh, meaning holy. God wants me to make everything I do holy, connected back to Him.

…The more I use everything in my life to create a Mikdash, a holy space, the more I will feel God’s presence in my life. [We achieve this through the performance of mitzvot, which allow us to elevate physical objects and actions in the material world to the higher spiritual level].

That is the meaning of – ‘Ve’asu li mikdash veshachanti betocham‘ – ‘make for me a mikdash and I will dwell amongst them.’”