Pinehas/Matot/Mas'ei Calendar Stuff and a Possible Geula Connection

The rule is that whenever Pinehas falls out before Shiv'a Asar BeTamuz, it gets its own Haftara. Otherwise, we read the Haftara of Parshat Matot as it is then the first of the "Telat dePuranuta" - 3 Haftarot of Punishment. When Pinehas is read after Shiv'a Asar BeTamuz, Matot and Mas'ei are read together.

Pinehas having its own Haftara and Matot and Mas'ei being read separately is actually very rare. I noticed this rarity 6 years ago, the first time this happened in 21 years, and in 3 years, it won't happen for another 21 years after that. See the chart below:

Jewish Year	Secular Year	Matot/Mas'ei Read Separately/Together
5744	1984	S
5745	1985	T
5746	1986	T
5747	1987	T
5748	1988	T
5749	1989	T
5750	1990	T
5751	1991	T
5752	1992	T
5753	1993	T
5754	1994	T
5755	1995	T
5756	1996	T
5757	1997	T
5758	1998	T
5759	1999	T
5760	2000	T
5761	2001	T
5762	2002	T
5763	2003	T
5764	2004	T
5765	2005	S
5766	2006	T
5767	2007	T
5768	2008	S
5769	2009	T
5770	2010	T
5771	2011	S
5772	2012	T
5773	2013	T
5774	2014	S
5775	2015	T
5776	2016	T
5777	2017	T
5778	2018	T
5779	2019	T
5780	2020	T
5781	2021	T
5782	2022	T
5783	2023	T
5784	2024	T
5785	2025	T
5786	2026	T
5787	2027	T
5788	2028	T
5789	2029	T
5790	2030	T
5791	2031	T
5792	2032	T
5793	2033	T
5794	2034	T
5795	2035	S

We see how rare it is that the Haftara of Pinehas is read.  The Haftara is about Eliyahu Hanavi "finding" Hashem in the קול דממה דקה - thin, small voice.

According to the author of the book by the same name, the קול דממה דקה is one of the names of Mashiah and is equivalent to the following "Kol" mentioned in the Zohar Hadash Balak, in what's commonly called מאמר דרך כוכב מיעקב:

כעת לסוף יומיא, כפום שעתא דיומא, בעידן די זרח שמשא, מן יומא שתיתאה, בשעתא דיזדמנון לפום מנין שנין, דיובל ושמיטה כחדא, דאיהו רע"ד מן יומא שתיתאה. כעת זמינא קלא חדא לאתערא מרום רומי רקיעין, קלא עציב במרירו, מה דלא הוה הכי מן יומא דאתברון עלמין

וההוא קלא יהא דקיק, בחשאי, במרירו, ונציבו, נחית וסליק, סליק ונחית...

The English translation can be found in bold in Gilui's post here.  Gilui has a theory that combines the 2 opinions of how to calculate Yovel, which would make the last Yovel 5727 and the next one 5776 (see his spreadsheet). 

He notes that 5727 is close to Shemitta and is 274 years from the end of the millennium.

My take on it is that 5775 is a Shemitta year and is 274 years from when זרח שמשא (i.e. 5501, the year of sunrise).  The next year, 5776, is a Yovel year (according to Gilui's spreadsheet), which may not be exactly כחדא, but perhaps that's what is meant by כחדא.

Right before 5775 comes, we will have our 4th reading of the Haftara of Pinehas in 9 years, which will be the last reading in 21 years.  And that will come right before Shemitta, which comes right before Yovel.  This is when the thin, small voice will be heard.

Also note what I translated recently from Rav Fish about the connection between 5772 and 5775 in this post, especially what he says in the name of the Mahara"l.