Geula Update and Other Cool Tidbits from Rav Fish and Friends

• We know from many sources that the Geula process is similar to the process of childbirth.  For example, Hevlei Mashiah (birth pangs of Mashiah) is often compared to Hevlei Leida (birth pangs of childbirth).  R' Siboni mentioned the idea that the opening of the Degania Dam, which is widely expected very soon, symbolizes a mother in labor having her water break:

  פתיחת הסכר והזרמת המים לירדן ומשם לים המלח מסמלת את “ירידת המים” בלידה וכידוע, יציאת הולד מהרחם/כנרת לתעלת הלידה/הירדן…

  and considers this an advanced step in the Geula process.
• The second verse in this week's Parasha reads:

  ב  כִּי תִקְנֶה עֶבֶד עִבְרִי, שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים יַעֲבֹד; וּבַשְּׁבִעִת--יֵצֵא לַחָפְשִׁי, חִנָּם.

  2 If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

  Rav Fish, in his latest newsletter, notes that עבד עברי (a Hebrew servant) is the gematria of משיח (Mashiah) and the word ובשבעת (and in the seventh) is the gematria of  תש"פ (or 5780).  In other words, BE"H Mashiah will go out free this year to do what he is destined to do.
• Rav Fish also notest that כ"ז שבט תש"פ is the gematria of the verse of שמע ישראל ה' אלקינו ה' אחד.  And the gematria of the milui of כ"ז שבט is the gematria of ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד.
• We know about the secret of the number 1820.  One interesting thing about that number is that it is the number of times Hashem's name appears in the Torah.  Some others, I mentioned here.
  
  This week is Shabbat Shekalim.  Some communities recite Yotzerot on Shabbat Shekalim.  Part of the Yotzerot of Shabbat Shekalim are 39 "Melachot" that Hashem performed when He created the world.  These can be found on the bottom of this page going into the next page.
  
  The introduction to the book "Pe'at Hashulhan" quotes the Vilna Gaon in saying that these 39 Melachot with which Hashem created the world are the reason why 39 Melachot are forbidden on Shabbat.
  
  The 39 "Melachot" with which Hashem created the world are:
  

  רָאִיתָ וְסִפַּרְתָּ וְהֵכַנְתָּ וְחָקַרְתָּ וּמָדַדְתָּ וְכַלְתָּ וְשָׁקַלְתָּ וְאָמַדְתָּ וְצָבַרְתָּ וּפָקַדְתָּ וְחָשַׁבְתָּ וְסִכַּמְתָּ וּמָנִיתָ וְסָפַרְתָּ וְקָצַבְתָּ וְחָרַצְתָּ וְגָזַרְתָּ וְטִפַּחְתָּ וְשִׁעַרְתָּ וְהִבַּטְתָּ וְהֵבַנְתָּ וְהִשְֹכַּלְתָּ וְשַׁרְתָּ וְסָקַרְתָּ וְכָתַבְתָּ וְחָרַטְתָּ וְחָקַקְתָּ וְצִיַּנְתָּ וְחָרַתָּ וְלִמַּדְתָּ וְהוֹדַעְתָּ וְחִוִיתָ וְהוֹרֵיתָ וְגָזַרְתָּ וְצִוִּיתָ וְקָרָאתָ וְעָנִיתָ וְדִבַּרְתָּ וְאָמַרְתָּ

  The total gematria of these words is 24,139.
  
  The 39 Melachot which are forbidden on Shabbat are:
  

  הַזּוֹרֵעַ. וְהַחוֹרֵשׁ. וְהַקּוֹצֵר. וְהַמְעַמֵּר. הַדָּשׁ. וְהַזּוֹרֶה. הַבּוֹרֵר. הַטּוֹחֵן. וְהַמְרַקֵּד. וְהַלָּשׁ. וְהָאוֹפֶה. הַגּוֹזֵז אֶת הַצֶּמֶר. הַמְלַבְּנוֹ. וְהַמְנַפְּצוֹ. וְהַצּוֹבְעוֹ. וְהַטּוֹוֶה. וְהַמֵּסֵךְ. וְהָעוֹשֶׂה שְׁנֵי בָתֵּי נִירִין. וְהָאוֹרֵג שְׁנֵי חוּטִין. וְהַפּוֹצֵעַ שְׁנֵי חוּטִין. הַקּוֹשֵׁר. וְהַמַּתִּיר. וְהַתּוֹפֵר שְׁתֵּי תְפִירוֹת. הַקּוֹרֵעַ עַל מְנָת לִתְפֹּר שְׁתֵּי תְפִירוֹת. הַצָּד צְבִי. הַשּׁוֹחֲטוֹ. וְהַמַּפְשִׁיטוֹ. הַמּוֹלְחוֹ, וְהַמְעַבֵּד אֶת עוֹרוֹ. וְהַמּוֹחֲקוֹ. וְהַמְחַתְּכוֹ. הַכּוֹתֵב שְׁתֵּי אוֹתִיּוֹת. וְהַמּוֹחֵק עַל מְנָת לִכְתֹּב שְׁתֵּי אוֹתִיּוֹת. הַבּוֹנֶה. וְהַסּוֹתֵר. הַמְכַבֶּה. וְהַמַּבְעִיר. הַמַּכֶּה בַפַּטִּישׁ. הַמּוֹצִיא מֵרְשׁוּת לִרְשׁוּת.

  The total gematria of these words is 25,959.
  
  Rav Fish quotes the Haggada called "בני בכורי ישראל" who says that the difference between the numbers is exactly 1820. As we know, Hashem looked into the Torah and created the world, which is why Hashem's name appears 1820 times in the Torah. Therefore, the Piyut that talks about how Hashem created the world plus 1820 is the exact gematria of the 39 Melachot, which were created in the world via Hashem's Holy Name.