Q. How come there is no count for the number of psukim at the end of pekudey as there is in every other parsha?
A. The count or minyan of psukim and its accompanying gimatria in a name form at the end of each parsha is attributed either to the early Baaley Hamassores (Toras Yaakov 87) or to the Sages of Tiberias (Masores Hatorah Vehaneviim).
Whether Parshas Pekudey is the exception in the count is debatable, as the Meiri in Kiryas Sefer and Sefer Hachilulim do quote the name Uziya which gimatrya equals 92.
Sefer Harokeach Bamidbar 7,3) elucidates the term of "Eglos Tzab" by revealing that the gimatrya of Tzab is 92, alluding to the number of days from the exit of Mitzraim until the making of the golden egel and that it is also the number of psukim in Pekudey.
Other texts quote different gimatryos. The Paris Tanach Manuscript mentiond “Yahalom” with an added Alef and the Malbim Tanach mentions "Etzei" (Alef Tzadik Alef, see periodical Sinai Vol 196).
Tapuchey Chaim (p. 173) in the name of the Admur of Gur gives a reason why we do not have any of these counts in today’s chumoshim.
He explains that actually in earlier editions the gimatrya siman or symbol was "B'li Kol Siman", "Bli Kol" adds 92. Mistakenly the publishers understood this literally as saying; No Siman, and they removed the existing ones.
The fact that this appears in Pekudey, could allude to the fact that this parsha is dedicated to the all important count and tally of the Mishkan's donations and work and no other count is necessary.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a
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