Torah Parallels

  Torah Parallels Parshas   Vay ikra לעוי   נשמת   האדא   בת   מרדכי A pposites   A ttrac t Sefer Vayikra opens with the  words “... וַי ִּ קְרָא   אֶל   מֹש ֶׁה ” - A n d  Hashem call ed  to Moshe .  Rashi  explains that this phrase teach es  that  every time Hashem spoke to Moshe, it was preceded by a loving calling of his name  (twice) . This stands in sharp contrast to how Hashem interacted with Bilaam, where the Torah uses the expression  “ ו ַי ִ ּקָ ּר ” ,  signaling  an almost incidental, happenstance encounter. The same root, but two completely different relationships :  o ne  of   closeness and affection, the other distant and impersonal. If  one looks  in a Sefer Torah at the word “Vayikra ” ,   you  w ould  notice something unusual :  the aleph is written smaller than  usual.  The Baal  HaTurim  explains that Mos...