Where My Name Is Mentioned the Divine Presence Comes

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 305:2

"In every place where I cause My name to be mentioned" (Exodus 20:24) - that I reveal Myself to you only in the chosen house [the Temple]. From here they said: the Explicit Name is forbidden to be uttered in the outlying provinces. Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov says: if you come to My house, I will come to your house; the place My heart goes, there my feet lead me; the place my heart loves, my feet lead me. From here they said: ten people who enter a synagogue, the Divine Presence is with them, as it is said, "God stands in the divine assembly" (Psalms 82:1). And from where do we learn even three? As it is said in the same verse, "in the midst of the judges He renders judgment." And from where even two? As it is said, "Then those who feared the LORD spoke, each man to his fellow" (Malachi 3:16). And from where even one? As it is said, "In every place where I cause My name to be mentioned [I will come to you and bless you]." Rabbi Yoshiyah says: behold, it says, "In every place where I cause My name to be mentioned I will come to you and bless you." Could it really mean in every place? Rather, this verse is transposed: "In every place where I will come to you and bless you, there I will cause My name to be mentioned." And where is that? In the chosen house.

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