100 Sockets
שמות לח,כז : וְאֵ ת אַ דְ נֵי הַ פָּ רֹכֶת מְ אַ ת אֲדָּ נִים
Correspondingly, says the Ba'al haTurim, they later instituted the recital of a hundred Berachos per day. This is most appropriate, since the sockets are called 'Adonim' (from the word 'Adon' - master), and what is the purpose of a Beracha if not to acknowledge that G-d is our master, in whichever facets that particular Beracha covers.
Other allusions from 100 include:
- The word על has a Gematria of 100 as if to read ‘set into 100 sockets (and plated with) finest gold.’ מְ יֻסָ דִ ים עַל-אַ דְ נֵי- פָז (שיר השירים ה,טו)
- 100 amos high walls of the Bais haMikdash
25th of Kislev
שמות לט,לב: וַתֵ כֶל כָּל־עֲבֹדַ ת מִ שְ כַן
The Baal HaTurim notes that the above phrase has the Gematria of 1392 which is equal to that phrase נגמר בכסלו וחמשה בעשרים (on the 25th of Kislev it was finished).
This refers to the Medrash that states that the work of making the components of the Mishkan was completed on the 25th of Kislev. However, HaShem delayed its inauguration until Nissan. Since this day was deprived of the inauguration, HaShem repaid that day in the time of the miracle of Chanukah when they rededicated the Bais haMikdash on that day.
Observe at Its Designated Times
שמות מ, כג: כַאֲשֶ ר צִ וָּה ה' אֶ ת־מֹשֶ ה
The Torah writes this with regard to each and every item that Betzalel manufactured that he did as was commanded by HaShem to Moshe.
The Baal haTurim comments that it is a reward for Moshe's having said "blot me out from Your Seifer … (in defense of K'lal Yisrael)." Now the Torah makes a point of repeating his name over and over again. In fact, the Torah mentions this phrase eighteen times, and it is against this that Chazal instituted eighteen Berachos in the Amidah.
Further, there are 113 words in the repeated occurrence of the similar phrases (as was HaShem commanded Moshe); so too there are 113 words in the conclusion of the blessings of the Amidah.
In the same vein, the word "Leiv" (heart) appears a hundred and thirteen times in the Torah. This is equivalent, says the Baal haTurim, to the concluding words of all the Berachos in the Amidah ('Baruch Atah HaShem, Magen Avrohom'; 'Baruch Atah HaShem, Mechayeh ha'Meisim' … ) - because the main concept in the Amidah is the concentration of one’s heart.