Sefer Shemot started with the exile of the children of Yaakov to mitzriam. From the second perek the geulah had already begun, with the birth of the Moshe. Then the Torah goes on to explain the geulah. Then it tells us of the Jews receiving the Torah at Har Sinai. It would make sense to end the sefer that had been dedicated to the geulah right here. Yet it includes another five parshiot. In fact it would make much more sense to include these parshiot in sefer Vayikra which talks at length about all of the korbanot given in the mishkan. What exactly is the building Mishkan doing at the end of the sefer of geulah?
As was explained before, the ultimate purpose in this world is for us to bring Hashem down to dwell with us. That being the case, the geulah will not really be complete until that happens. So even though the last five parshiot seem to be out of place, really the geulah would not be complete until the mishkan was erected, which is what happens in the very last paragraph of this week's parsha, right before we all say "Chazak Chazak Vi'Nitchzaik."
Not only is this week the end of sefer shemot is also the end of the month of Adar Alef. In the gemara in Megillah we learn that the only reason why Purim is in the second Adar is so that we can connect the geulah of Purim with the geulah of Pesach. On purim the Jews accepted the Torah on their own free will as opposed to at Har Sinai where Hashem had threatened them with dropping a mountain on their heads if they would not accept the Torah. On Purim we were spiritually redeemed and on Pesach we were physically redeemed.
But why is it so important for us to connect these two geulahs?
The reason why it is so important is so that we know that even with the physical geulah of Pesach we were not truly redeemed until we had accepted the Torah. For this reason Purim needs to be close to Pesach. Which is just like in our parsha where we learn that we may have started the geulah by leaving mitzriam but it was not really over until we had finished the building of the mishkan.
Good Shabbat!
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