Our Parsha begins; "These are the accounts of the Mishkan (the Sanctuary), the Mishkan of testimony, which were drawn up on Moshe's orders ..." (Shemos, Perek 38, posuk 21 --  Metsudah Linear Chumash, page 579).

In short, Pekudei is the accountant's parsha, the parsha of crunching the numbers.

The Sefer L'lmod U'Lamed (Parsha Pekudei, pages 97-98) asks what the primary reason was for Moshe's detailed accounting of the costs of the construction of the Mishkan.  The Sages tell that "there were apparently some who suspected that Moshe might have keep some ... contributions for his own use." (L'lmod U'Lamed, page 98).

The Sefer "The Midrash Says" (pages 357-360)notes that Moshe Rabbeinu overheard mutterings among certain people, presumably sinful individuals such as Dasan and Aviram, who cast aspersions upon his honesty regarding the allocation of the people's donations.  Therefore, Moshe committed himself to account for the allocation and purpose of everything donated toward the construction of the Mishkan. 

"The Midrash Says" (page 357)then relates that not only did Moshe account for all donations,  but he "... gave his calculations to a second person, Ithamar Ben Aharon, for verification."

Moshe Rabbeinu therefore was the model of, and set the standard for accountibility, oversight and transparency of leadership.

He is the prototype of a true Jewish Leader -- humble, modest, without desire for self-aggrandizement and self-enrichment.  His first and foremost thought was for the welfare and well-being of his nation -- the B'nai Yisrael.  Moshe Rabbeinu was above corruption and self-enrichment.  Nobody owned him as he could not be bought.         

If only the modern-day "leaders" of Am Yisrael -- Arik Sharon and his family, 120 Chavrei Knesset, even the so-called "religious" alignments, were to even begin to tip the iceberg of moral integrity, fiscal accountability and transparency, then there would have been no files opened by the Attorney General's office regarding campaign funds and straw corporations, no Kern Affair, no Greek Island, no get-rich Casino schemes on the blood of Jewish brethren and no Chief Negotiator doubling as the "p.a." Exchequer.   There would be no chance of the left's blackmailing a Prime Minister over his alleged wrong-doings and the leaders would set the tone and standard for the emulation of the Am (the people) who would then treat each other honestly and with loving compassion in their business and monetary dealings.

In the merit of B'Ezrat Hashem, our collective unity -- "Adat B'nai Yisrael", our emunah and actions, and the proper motivations for them, may we ALL be zocha to have our Tefillah reach Shemayim, unimpeded, ungarbled.  As Rabbi Moshe Ungar would say each Thursday evening at his Gemara Shiur back in Philadelphia, in "the old country", B'Ezrat Hashem, may we be zocha to demand, to compel Hashem to do "what he wants to do, to bring us the Moshiach and the Ge'ula  Shlaima, "bimhayro b'yameinu -- speedily, in our time." 

May we see an end to low, dirty politics, political equivocation, perfidy and false cheshbonot; freedom and long life in Eretz Yisrael for Jonathan Pollard and special merit for our brethren currently subject to police harrassment, political interrogation and political persecution. 

And IY'H, may it be that come this Rosh Hashana, that we pray thanks to Hashem for keeping our Brethren in Gush Katif and the Shomron in their homes and neighborhoods and away from the horror and Chillul Hashem of expulsion.
 
May we see the "Yom Hashem Al Kol HaGoyim" Achshav -- Immediately, Chik Chuk, Miyad, Etmol!!