Raising the Head: The Initiation of Avodah through Moshe

Daled This then is the meaning of the Possuk: כִּי תִּשָּׂא אֶת־רֹאשׁ בְּנֵֵֽי־יִּשְּרָּׂאֵל לִּפְּקֻדֵיהֶם גוֹ׳ זֶה יִּתְּנוּ גוֹ׳ מֵַֽחֲצִּית הַשֶקֶל גוֹ׳ “When you raise the head of the Yidden according to their numbers ... This they shall give, ... half a shekel ...” The initiation of all [these] things is by ‘raising the head’. This is achieved by Moshe and by the extension of Moshe in each generation.