שמן זית זך כתית למאור להעלת נר תמיד
At the level of Pshat, this verse describes the slow process of preparing oil for the Ner Tamid. At the level of Sod, it describes the slow historical process leading to the rise of the everlasting Light. The word ז"ך is 507 and refers to year 5776 from the side of the right and to year 5786 from the side of the left - 410 and 420 years into the "extra time" after year 5366 - כ"ת י"ת years. למאור - להעלת נר תמיד.The Talmud records a statement of Eliyahu hinting that Moshiach will come in the 85th Yovel period (Sanhedrin 97b). Year 5776 is a Yovel year, marking the end of Yovel period 48 of history's second Yovel count, which commenced in the beginning of Bayit Sheni, in year 3416. Year 5776 is also the first year of Yovel period 49, after Ezra. Before Ezra, the initial count of Yovel periods commenced in year 1383, 54 years after Yetziat Mitzrayim. Thus, 36 Yovel periods of 50 years were counted until the destruction of Yerushalayim in year 3175. Summing up, the year 5776 is the beginning of Yovel period 85.
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