Our Parsha Sedra this Shabbos HaChodesh , The Shabbos before Rosh Chodesh Nissan is Parashas Pekudei . Seeing as it is Shabbos HaChodesh , we read as the Maftir , Exodus 12 : 1 - 20 , which relates HaShem's First Commandment To The Jewish People In Mitzrayim Egypt , Of how to keep Rosh Chodesh , The New Moon , which was given to the Jewish people in Mitzrayim Egypt , before we Jews left Egypt . The New Moon Rosh Chodesh date every month , which was before this , Given By HaShem , was now going to be for us Jews to calculate ourselves when the New Moon date arrives , via witnesses who had to come and answer as to how and when they saw the New Moon . The New Moon , the time when the moon's light is not reflected from the sun in the sky , is like the Jewish people , that wanes and grows , through all the hardships that the other nations put us through and no matter how they try and destroy us Jews , our Light From HaShem , lives on and comes out again . The Haftorah of this Shabbos HaChodesh is in Yechezkel Ezekiel 45 : 16 - 46 : 18 ( Sephardim read here only up to verse 15 ) and 1 Shmuel Samuel 20 : 18 , 42 for tomorrow being Rosh Chodesh Nissan . Here in this Parsha , Moshe makes a " Pekudei " - " Reckoning " of what was used in the construction of the Mishkan and Tabernacle . This Parsha discusses the completion of all the Holy Beautiful Articles That HaShem Instructed To Be Made By Betzalel Ben Uri Ben Chur of the Tribe of Yehudah and with him was Oholiav Ben Achisamach of the Tribe of Dan , who was a carver , weaver and embroiderer . In this Parsha Sedra , we are told of the making of Aharon's Holy Vestments , the Ephod ; The " Choshen " - " Breatsplate " ; the " Me'il Ha Eiphod " - " The Robe of the Ephod " ; " The Ketonet " - " The Tunics " ; " The Ttzitz " - " The Headplate " on which was Inscribed " Kodesh La HaShem " - " Holy To HaShem , " and all the work was completed Exactly As HaShem Commanded Moshe . We note that the words of each part of the work done in this Parsha that refers to " As HaShem Commanded Moshe , " appears 18 times and it was from this very place In The Holy Torah Of HaShem , That The Men of the Great Assembly ordained the 18 Blessings of the Shemoneh Esrei that we Jews Daven as the Amidah ( before the 19th one was added about Being Faithful To HaShem against heretical Avodah Zorah , when it was safer for Yidden to pray this without murder or reprisals from Non Jews ) . Moshe Inspected the Work brought to him and Moshe saw that all was done According To HaShem's Wish And Command and Moshe Blessed them . This Work had taken three months and was completed on the 25th of Kislev . But HaShem Who Is All Knowing Wanted the Inauguration to take place in the Hebrew month of Nissan and so the 25th of Kislev was bypassed . HaShem Did Not Want The Hebrew Month of Kislev to miss out and so this date of the 25th of Kislev became the first day of our Jewish Festival of Chanukah . ( Midrash Says - Shemos by Rabbi Weissman ) . How interesting that the number 25 is 2 + 5 = 7 , the Gematrical value of the word Mashiach and also the number of the day of the week of Shabbos , being the Seventh Day of Creation and the Seventh day of the week and also the Sabbatical Seventh Year , where we Jews are to let our land lie fallow and put all our Bitachon and Emunah - Trust and Faith In HaShem To Look After us . There are also Seven Hebrew Words that make up the very first verse Of HaShem's Holy Torah , " Bereishis Barah Elokim Et HaShamayim V'Et HaAretz . " HaShem Commands All To Be Erected and on completion of Moshe putting It All together when It was all erected , The Cloud Covered the Tent of Meeting And HaShem's Glory Filled the Tabernacle . Only when the Cloud did rise , would K'lal Yisrael journey . By Day , The Cloud Of HaShem Was On the Tabernacle And Fire By Night . If we think very carefully about the weight of all the Holy Articles That Moshe alone put together and set up , when all the Holy Articles were completed , we realize that this task was too great for a human to manage on his own , even a man as strong as Moshe Rabbeinu , for the weight and magnitude of such a task was beyond human power and even the setting up of this Very Holy Tabernacle , which included holding large parts up while underneath inserting other parts , was certainly beyond human power to do alone so we can see That HaShem Gave Moshe Special Strength And Power And Ability to do this Beautiful Act Of Moshe's Love To HaShem Of Setting Everything Up And Without A Doubt HaShem Assisted Moshe . The Very Fact that Moshe was such an extremely Holy Man , Allowed Moshe to be In A Position Of Closeness With HaShem and so he could be HaShem's Vessel to perform HaShem's Wonders , as Moshe was In Total Oneness With HaShem And HaShem's Will . So could we perform super human feats for the Holy and Good if only we would be Close and our actions Close And In Total Alignment With HaShem's Will , Doing Only For HaShem And HaShem's People And For HaShem's Creation , for this is how Moshe was in every action that he did in these years in the Wilderness and before we left Egypt , as Moshe spent every moment of his time Doing HaShem's Will Only and putting his own will totally aside , In Orer To Serve HaShem Only . This is how we must be . Every moment of Moshe's leadership of us Jews at the time , was totally selfless , Doing Only For HaShem and for us , and not for himself at all , and so Moshe's " Pekudei " - " Reckoning " and accounting , Was Totally For HaShem Only . So should we live our lives the very same way For HaShem And For our people And For HaShem's Creation . It is here that the Parsha , the last Sedra of the Second Book of the Torah which is Shemos Exodus ends . Moshe being a most honest and above board Leader , made a " Pekudei " - a " Reckoning " of all that was donated and that went into the construction . Moshe had heard words against him privately and felt the need to show that he had handled all things honestly . The very word " Pakad " which is within the word " Pekudei , " means " to entrust and appoint , to number and to Command, to inspect and to remember . " Moshe had done all By HaShem's Command And It Was Only By HaShem , that after the construction of each part , Did HaShem Allow it all miraculously to come together via Moshe , thus showing that Moshe was The Chosen Leader Of HaShem, for others tried to put It all together and failed , but when Moshe came into contact with each part , It Miraculously From HaShem , Came Together . The word " Pekudei " also has within it a similar root " Pakod Yifkod , " which was pronounced to Yosef in his time , that the one who comes in the later generation and says these words will be the true redeemer to take us Jews out of Mitzrayim Egypt , when that time arrives , And So Did HaShem Instruct Moshe at the burning bush about these words in Shemos Exodus 3 : 14 - 17 , that Moshe was to say these words to the Elders , which Moshe did do , in Shemos Exodus 4 : 29 - 31 , when Moshe came back to Egypt to lead us Jews out of there . These words " Pakod Yifkod , " translate to mean " And will surely Remember " and these are the words that echo our redemption When HaShem Frees us From Galus . The same idea will come with and in Mashiach's time , When HaShem " Pakod Yifkod " Will Surely Remember us , where there will be a full " Pekudei , " - " Reckoning and Accounting " of ourselves and we will become hopefully deserving of The End Of Days . The very Word " Pekudei " has within it the words " Pakod Dai " which means " Will remember , when it is " Enough " in other words It Refers To HaShem Remembering us To Save us when we have reached The Level of Holiness That Is Enough to warrant being Saved , which is accomplished By Keeping HaShem's Commandments In HaShem's Holy Torah . Though our Rabbis do show That HaShem May Bring The Time On Earlier , By HaShem's Mercy . It starts with us every day and every hour , making our own " Pekudei " - " Accounting and Reckoning " of ourselves to ensure that we have done All that we can For HaShem . We are to make a constant reckoning of ourselves and our behaviour and make sure that we improve Toward HaShem all the time , every moment of every day and night And Keeping HaShem's Holy Torah Commandments And Mitzvot Always . We are not here to stagnate and waste the precious lives That HaShem Gives us . Our Very Path Must Be To Always Grow Toward HaShem , To Emulate HaShem In All That we can And All That we do And All That we say and think . We need to be honest with our faults so that we can correct them , for hiding them Chas Ve Shalom , gets us nowhere . The only way to truly better ourselves is to admit our mistakes and work on them . HaShem Gives us the opportunity to make a Reckoning of ourselves , Only Out Of HaShem's Love For us And our Closeness To And With HaShem . We should do this every day and all the time , not just looking out at others and how they act , but first starting to take a " Pekudei " - " Reckoning " of and Correcting of ourselves . When we have done that and purified ourselves , Then HaShem Will Return Himself To us Within us . Then HaShem Will Return To Be Close To us . It all starts with a " Pekudei " - " Reckoning " Of ourselves . The Sedra starts with the words " Eileh Ha Pekudei Ha Mishkan " - " These are the Reckonings of the Tabernacle , " which sounds very much like it includes times still ongoing into the future . In other words , the " Pekudei " - " Reckoning " from then , is still continuing today , For These Words Are Still A Command From HaShem To Always Scrutinize ourselves And Improve ourselves For HaShem , Always Following HaShem's Holy Mitzvos And Commandments . The Sweetest Way To Do That Is To " Pakod " - " Remember " All That HaShem Does For us and how little we do For HaShem . Let us start today to reciprocate and give back To HaShem , by making a " Pekudei " - " A Reckoning " of ourselves And Keeping HaShem's Torah Laws And Mitzvos And Commandments , and let us make every effort to improve ourselves In Torah Mitzvos , so that we can present ourselves To HaShem , That HaShem May Inaugurate us To Himself . Parashas Pekudei Speaks of The " Reckonings " - " Pekudei , " and refers to the accounting of what was made at that time and to the specific way and order and amount That HaShem Instructed . This can also 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 Holy Shabbos . The very articles that were " Pekudei " - " Reckoned " in Parashas Pekudei , in their accounting of being part of All The Holy Things That 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 Holy Torah Of HaShem That we take out on Shabbos And All The Holy Mitzvos That HaShem Commands us To Do like The Mezuzah That we put on our door-posts And The Tefillin That we wear for Shacharis And The Tallis That we wear in Davening And All The Other Holy Mitzvos Of HaShem And The Siddurim And Machzorim That we Daven With And Also With The Holy Seforim That we Learn From And With Every Holy Article That we use , for in using Them , we instil That Holy Article With HaShem's Sublime Kedushah Holiness From HaShem's Sublime Holy Essence . 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 " Pekudei " - taking a final " Reckoning , " we can Invite HaShem Down To Be With us From The Higher Planes To Be Close To us , and we can bring Creation To It's Final Intention And Enter Into The Eternal Shabbos In Gan Eiden And Shamayim With HaShem Ha Kadosh Baruch Hu HaShem The Holy One Blessed Be He . I wish Forever Everlasting Most Beloved HaShem With The Sweetest Eternal And Forever Everlasting Love , A Very Sweet And Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh And Chodesh Tov Nissan With Forever Faithful And Everlasting Love and to all of my fellow Jews and to all of Creation , a very Sweet and Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh And Chodesh Tov Nissan with love .