Parashas Vayakhel - Pekudei

Our Parsha this Shabbos has a Double Portion Parashas Vayakhel and Parashas Pekudei that takes us to the end of The Book of Shemos Exodus , the Second Book of the Torah . Being that this Shabbos comes before Rosh Chodesh Nissan , It Is Also Parashas HaChodesh , the Shabbos before Rosh Chodesh Nissan ( the day the Tabernacle in the Wilderness , was Inaugurated , after the seven prior days of It's setting up and taking down , by Moshe ) and we look forward to the coming of Pesach in Nissan and the Maftir and Haftorah is for that day ( Artscroll Stone Edition Chumash ) .
In our last Parsha , we ended the Sedra , describing Moshe's Radiant face and in Parashas Vayakhel which means " Assembled , " Moshe " Assembles the Entire Assembly of the Children of Israel , " to tell them the specific things that HaShem Commanded , starting with the Laws of the Shabbos . 
Torah then Speaks of the Contributioins to be given . Moshe relates that HaShem Said That the people must bring " Kol Nediv Libo , " - " Everyone whose heart motivates him " and further on Torah Says " Asher N'sa'o Libo , " - " whose heart inspired him , " so this giving had to be from us , from our heart , not as a force , but as an action of love and total giving . This is how we are to do all HaShem's Mitzvos , with an act of Love , not obligation . This sweetens the action of the Mitzvah we do , and the holy action we do , rises to Shamaim , and longs closeness with HaShem's Holy Crown , Which HaShem Keeps and for every heart - felt Mitzvah we do with and in a loving way , HaShem. Engraves this on this particular Spiritual Crown . Torah Continues with how the people came for the Avodas HaShem , to make all that had to be made , under Betzalel and Oholiav . All that was made and given , could not have Made Such a beautiful Holy Tabernacle , unless , HaShem Gave Toward the Work too , for when the people started to Work , in total heart - giving earnest , HaShem Assisted and the Work Was Done . Just as HaShem Will Do With us , when we put our heart and soul into doing HaShem's Mitzvos and Avodas HaShem ( The Work of HaShem ) , HaShem Will Assist us . Just as HaShem Commanded that the Tabernacle and the work be done , so it was . So was , in Parashas Pekudei , the Vestments of Aharon and the Kohanim , done according to HaShem's Commandments and Wants . In fact , the people brought over much and Moshe had to stop them from bringing . 
When all was made , which took about three months ( a total Miracle , for what was needed to be done , so HaShem Really Did Assist , and once it was all finished , it was all brought to Moshe to inspect . And Moshe was content that all was done according to HaShem's Wish . The Work was completed in Kislev , but as the Midrash tells us , HaShem waited till Rosh Chodesh Nissan to have it erected , which according to Tanchuma , was when Yitzchak was born in the month of Nissan , thus all we are to do , is tied to our holy Patriarchs . The Month of Kislev was thus missed out , and so , HaShem Granted in to and in the month of Kislev , another Festival , the Festival of Chanukah and its Miracle , from HaShem . The Tabernacle was actually erected and dismantled every day by Moshe for a week , before the First of Nissan , and only finally , on the First of Nissan , was The Tabernacle put up permanently and Inaugurated . Moshe Served as Kohein Gadol for that week and after the Inauguration of the Tabernacle and Aharon as Kohein Gadol , and his sons being inaugurated for service as Kohanim , 
Did The Cloud Cover the Tent of Meeting. And HaShem's Glory Fill the Tabernacle . When The Cloud would lift , we would journey and when it remained on the Tabernacle , we would not journey . The Cloud of HaShem Would Be On The Tabernacle by day and The Fire would be on It by night , throughout all our journeys in the Wilderness . So ends The Second Book of The Torah , the Book of Shemos Exodus .
Parahsas Vayakhel starts by HaShem Having Moshe Teach about the Shabbos , 
HaShem , In six days Made All Things . HaShem Made the Heavens and the Earth in Six Days , Making , in those six days , All that Was , Is and Will Be , right up until the End Of Days , and on the Seventh Day Shabbos , HaShem Rested and so must we Rest on Shabbos . In Six Days , HaShem Allows work to be done and so , even if that work is not completed by the Seventh Day , we must still stop and Keep Shabbos for HaShem . HaShem Gives us six other days to do labor and other things permitted by Torah , so we can at least , give HaShem one day . In the Wilderness , people used to study Torah every day . The Torah Came up to HaShem , and said that when we arrive in Eretz Yisrael , we will not study Torah or as much of it as before , because we will busy ourselves with labor in the Land . So HaShem Said To The Torah , that It should not worry , for HaShem Instructs us that we are to do our labor for six days , and that Seventh Day Shabbos , we are to spend with the Torah Studying It . Though we must study Torah every day . Every other Day , has a partner day , where Yom Rishon , has Yom Sheini and Yom Shelishi has Yom Revi'i and Yom Chamishi has Yom Shishi , but Shabbos came to HaShem and said that It has no partner . HaShem Responded , that The Jewish People will Rest on It and they will be Shabbos Day's partner . So we Jews must Rest on Shabbos and give ourselves to HaShem and Shabbos , on Shabbos . The words in this Parsha , " Shabbat Shabbaton , " - " A Shabbos of Complete Rest Shabbos , " is here ( the Word Shabbat ) repeated ( ' Shabbat ' ' Shabbat 'on ' ) , for we must not just rest for oursleves or for our own definitions of rest , but it must be a " Complete Rest , " a rest according to What HaShem Deems as Rest . Also like the Hebrew Word ' Shalom , ' which also means ' Completeness as well as Peace , ' so must Shabbos be a Day of Total Completeness and Peace , with and close to HaShem , stopping all ( the 39 Melachos ) that physically would prevent that . On Shabbos , we get an extra Shabbos soul , that leaves at the end of every Shabbos , a Spiritual Connection Close to HaShem . Before Shabbos , we welcome the Shabbos Bride with the singing of a song written by the Kabbalist Rabbi Shlomo Ha Levi Alkabetz ( Artscroll Siddur ) - ' Lecha Dodi Likras Kallah , P'nei Shabbas N'kabalah ' - ' Come ( also us Jews ) my Beloved ( HaShem ) , To Greet the Bride ( Shabbos ) , The Sabbath prescence , let us welcome , '.for we Jews , are the partner to the Shabbos . In days of old , some of our people used to go out onto the road and welcome in the Essence of Shabbos . So long have we heard the true statement , that it is not just that we Jews keep the Shabbos , but that Shabbos has kept us through the centuries , remaining , in its full obedience , the Holy Parts That HaShem Has Given us , in keeping us truly Torah Jewish , in its full observance . It is The Day , to leave all behind in the physical World , and spend quality time with HaShem . In this Commandment of Keeping the Seventh Day Holy , is also included , Working for HaShem the other Six Days , to culminate in Shabbos . The Levites of old , would count every day of the week toward Shabbos , for every day , is linked to Shabbos and so , do we do likewise , every time we say the Psalm of the day , starting it with ' This is .... Day of the Shabbos . If All The Jews would just keep two Shabboses in a row , Mashiach would come . Keeping Shabbos , is so vital , to Creation and The Holy Shabbos , HaShem Wants all Jews to Keep , as we all Assured HaShem that we would , on Har Sinai , as well as all the other Commandments of HaShem and His Torah . Shabbos is Forever and so is It's Observance for all times , for Shabbos is above time and so must It's Observance Instructed From HaShem be always kept from generation to generation - past , present in modern times and into the future , just as HaShem Instructed To Moshe , with all It's 39 Melachos Forbidden Labors , all its Tennets . 
Just as HaShem Gave His Fire Light In Creating Creation , and Rested on Shabbos , so must we not Kindle on Shabbos . The matter of not kindling fire is specifically mentioned , even though it is part of the 39 Melachos Forbidden Labors of Shabbos . There are 39 Melachos Forbidden Labors on Shabbos ( the same 39 Labors in Constructing the Tabernacle and all that HaShem Had Instructed to have built then , and so we gleaned these 39 Forbidden Labors for Shabbos , due to the Fact that both Shabbos and the Construction of the Tabernacle are written along-side each other in The Torah . So this particular forbidden labor was specifically mentioned , for this specific labor of kindling a fire , is within the energy of all actions that make up our physical workings when performing labor , for all we do , is by the Life Soul HaShem Gives us , His Kindling Fire , and so , on Shabbos , we must not use the Soul HaShem Gives us , for anything that HaShem Forbids us on This Holy Day ( and in fact , every day ) . 
The Second Parsha , part of the Double Parsha that we read this Shabbos is Parashas Pekudei , which speaks of the " Reckonings" - " Pekudei , " refers to the accounting of what was made at that time , to the specific way , order and amount That HaShem Instructed . This too can relate to the Shabbos , for it is a day of our accounting of obedience to HaShem , where , we reckon and account our soul , to make it holier and so climb holy levels on the Shabbos . The very articles that were " Pekudei " - " Reckoned " in Parashas Pekudei , in their accounting of being part of all the Holy Things HaShem Instructed , became Holy , in the ' Reckoning , " for in their " Reckoning and Accounting ," they were Inaugurated to their Holy Service . The Same is with the Torah we take out on Shabbos . The same is with the Mezuzah we have on our door-posts . The same is with the Tefillin we wear for Shacharis . The Same is with the Tallis , we wear in Davening . The same is with the Siddurim and Machzorim we Daven with . The same is with the Holy Seforim we learn from . The same is with every Holy Article that we use , for in using it , we instill that Holy Article with Kedushah From HaShem .The same is with us , when we do HaShem's Mitzvos . And the same is when we " Vayakhel " - " Assemble " together as a nation for Daveing to , and serving HaShem . Especially on the Holy Shabbos . For when we " Vayakhel " - " Assemble , " as the Parsha Says , " Es Kol Adas B'nei Yisrael , " - " The Entire Assembly of the Children of Israel , " we open up the Heavens , To Give us HaShem's Light and are " Pekudei " - " Reckoned " among our fellow Jews , with holiness . For when we Jews " Vayakhel " - " Assemble " together , we can bring Moshiach and end our Galus and all the pain that comes with it . Within the word " Vayakhel. , " is Moshiach , for its Gematriah is 6 + 10 + 100 + 5 + 30 = 151 and 1+5+1 = 7 , the Gematriah of Mashiach . The " Vayakhel " - " Assembly " " Kol Adas " Togetherness " of Jews , brings Mashiach , which is The Time , that will end all the pain and suffering and Mageifim - Plagues and Diseases and Sicknesses , and will bring us back to the path we were headed on , at the Beginning , when HaShem Made Creation and that First Shabbos Seventh Day was going to be Eternal and Forever , if only Chavah and Adam would have obeyed HaShem . So " Vayakhel Eis Kol Adas B'nei Yisrael " - " Assmbling the Entire Assembly of the Children of Israel , " will bring on the End of Days Olam Habah , and so , Shabbos will be Eternal and within the Ever Loving Closeness Of HaShem . And thus , will " Bereishis " - " In The Beginning " - " Creation , " reach its Final stage and enter into the Eternal Shabbos . For within the word " Pekudei " - " Reckoning , " is the Start of Creation - The Beginning , " for the Gematriah of the word " Pekudei , " is 80 + 100 + 6 + 4 + 10 = 200 which is also the Gematrical value of the Hebrew Letter ' Reish ' and if we say the letter as it is spelt as ' Reish , ' then the Hebrew Word ' Reishah , ' means ' Beginning , ' where the ' Ah ' sound at the end of it represents ' Elokim ' - ' HaShem ' and thus shows that the ' Reish- ah ' is that Hebrew Letter Reish with HaShem and so , suggests , ' The Beginning ( of Creation ) With HaShem . ' Also the letter Reish as it looks as a letter , appears to come down from the Higher Planes , down to us , and so , with " Vayakhel " - " Assembling " and " Pekudei " - taking a final " Reckoning , " we can bring Creation , to it's Final Intention , and enter into the Eternal Shabbos , " with HaShem Ha Kadosh Baruch Hu , HaShem , The Holy One Blessed Be He .
I wish HaShem With Sweetest Love , A Very Sweet And Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh With Deepest Love , and to all my fellow Jews and to all of Creation , A Very Beautiful , And Healing By HaShem , Sweet Shabbos Kodesh with love . May HaShem Heal Our World and those in it . May HaShem Bring On , The End Of Days Olam HaBah Bekarov in our Days . Blessed Shabbos Kodesh To HaShem With Love and Blessed Shabbos Kodesh to all my fellow Jews and all of Creation , With Love .