Clarity in The Kalir

 

The סילוק  לפרשת שקלים* starts with "אז"- "then" when Hashem created the world ------------ראית,וספרתה,והכנת,וחקרת, ומדדת, ושקלת The קליר uses 39 different words describing how Hashem created the world. The גאון explains the 39 words represents the 39 מלאכות done by Hashem to create the word. So too are the 39 מלאכות at the construction of the משכן which the Midrash compares it to the creation of the world. Since כי בו שבת מכל מלאכתו  Hashem rested on Shabbos from the 39 מלאכות, the בני ישראל too must refrain from the 39 מלאכות on Shabbos. *The last Yotzer before the Shachris Kedusha by R. E. Hakalir