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נשא את ראש בני גרשון . This Parshah corresponds to the מחנה לויה, the encampment of the Levites. The counting of the Kehatites already was reported in Parshat Bamidbar, because the Priests were part of the Kehatites. Since they carried the Holy Ark on occasion, just as the Kehatites did most of the time, the latter were included in the מחנה שכינה, the encampment of the Priests. This Parshah however, deals exclusively with the camp of the Levites. It commences with the Gersonites since גרשון was the eldest of the sons of Levi and on his account all the Levites merited to take the place of the firstborn who had up to that time performed the priestly functions for the nation.

There is not a single commandment in Parshat Bamidbar.

There is another aspect to equating Pinchas with Elijah the prophet. I have explained this when discussing the meaning of our saying the line: אמן יהא שמיה רבא מבורך, “Amen, may His great name be blessed,” a formula we use daily when reciting the Kaddish prayer. This can be applied to the name אליה"ו הנבי"א by spelling the name אליהו with the letter ו, and writing each letter as a word in either of the four possible versions called מילואים. These are the methods of writing the Ineffable Name of G–d practiced by Kabbalists. I have explained this on several occasions, notably in my commentary on Parshat Bamidbar, when I discussed the symbolism of the measurements of the tablets on which the Ten Commandments were inscribed. The result of such spelling is that the Ineffable Name amounts to 72, 63, 45 or 52 respectively, depending on whether the letters י, ה or א are used to write these letters as words. The name אליהו הנביא, spelled by using primarily the letter ה in order to convert letters into words, results in 52, (one of the ways of spelling the normally four-lettered Ineffable Name of G–d). By manipulating other letters in the combination, the other numerical values we know for the Ineffable Name can be obtained. Having combined the letters I have highlighted, the remaining letters of the word הנביא, i.e. נביא, equal 63, or another one of the numerical values of the Ineffable Name. The first two letters of the word אליהו, [the ones in front of what I have highlighted Ed.] are אל, and allude to the full-worded spelling of the Ineffable Name of 63, since that spelling contains 3 times the letter י, and one א, making a total of 31. The Ineffable Name spelled so that its numerical value totals 45 contains three times the letter א, plus once the letter י, equaling 13, or the numerical value of אחד. Put differently, we have here an allusion to El Echad, G–d is One. This is a veiled reference to Zachariah 14,9: "On that day, G–d will be One and His Name will be One. The prophet means that the Ineffable Name at that time will be complete in all its possible spellings, מילואיו. It follows that anyone who pronounces the line of אמן יהא שמיה רבא awakens in G–d an awareness of His people's exile, and of the need for their Redemption. Such a person will be assured of a share in the World to Come. Evil decrees pending over him may be cancelled; he also causes G–d to shake His head and say: “Hail to the One whose subjects praise Him in such a fashion” (Berachot 3, Shabbat 119, Berachot 57). When you combine the remaining totals of the other two מילואים of the Ineffable Name, namely 45 and 72, and add the numerical value of אמן, i.e. 91, you will get 208, i.e. the numerical value of the name פינחס.