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As this Shabbos is Rosh Chodesh Nissan, we will read Parshas Hachodesh which is the very first mitzvah that HaShem gave us as a people. It is curious that this seminal mitzvah should relate to our constructing a calendar. Would it have not been more appropriate to have the first mitzvah be something like the mitzvah to love HaShem or to fear HaShem.